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Meaning of 'consecrate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Consecrate [ a.]
- Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
2 . Consecrate [ v. t.]
- To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.
- To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.
- To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
- To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

Meaning of 'consecrate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . consecrate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
Example in sentence:
  • consecrate your life to the church;
  • give one's talents to a good cause;
  • She committed herself to the work of God
Meaning (2):
- appoint to a clerical posts
Example in sentence:
  • he was ordained in the Church
3 . consecrate [ a]
Meaning (3):
- solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose
Example in sentence:
  • a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II;
  • a life consecrated to science;
  • the consecrated chapel

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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