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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