The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
CONSECRATED
consecrated, consecrate, dedicated
(adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose; “a life consecrated to science”; “the consecrated chapel”; “a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II”
consecrated, sacred, sanctified
(adjective) made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; “a consecrated church”; “the sacred mosque”; “sacred elephants”; “sacred bread and wine”; “sanctified wine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
consecrated
simple past tense and past participle of consecrate
Source: Wiktionary
CONSECRATE
Con"se*crate, a. Etym: [L. consceratus, p.p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
Definition: Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon.
Con"se*crate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consecrated; p.pr. & vb.n. Consecrating.]
1. 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. One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest. Sharp.
2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop. Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. Ex. xxix. 9.
3. To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
4. To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time. Burke.
Syn.
– See Addict.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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