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verb

Consecrate v. t. (past & past part. consecrated; pres. part. consecrating)

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."

To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop. "Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons."

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.

Synonyms: See Addict.

adjective

Consecrate adj. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. "They were assembled in that consecrate place."

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Etymology of 'Consecrate'

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"Consecrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... only person with whom I am behindhand: I assure you, on the contrary, that you are one of a very numerous and fashionable company, to whom, towards the discharge of my debts, I propose to consecrate four hours to-day. I give you the preference to all the world, even to the lovely Duchess of San Severino, a delicious Italian, whom, for my special happiness, I met last summer at the Waters of Aix. I have also a most important negotiation to conclude with one ...

— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray

... sudden fate (Weave we the woof. The thread is spun) Half of thy heart we consecrate. (The web is wove. The ...

— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy

... serviceable for the king; and when the bishop asked the opinion of other people, many thought it should be sold, and the value-bestowed on the poor. Then said the bishop, "I will take another plan. I will have a chalice made of it for this church, and consecrate it, so that all the saints of whom there are relics in this church shall let the king have some good for his gift every time a mass is sung over it." This chalice has since belonged to the bishopric of Skalholt; and of the costly cloth with which the cushions given him by the king were ...

— Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson

... I believe there is no contemplation better adapted to awaken devout ideas than that of the heavenly bodies,—no branch of natural science which bears clearer testimony to the power and wisdom of God than that to which you this day consecrate a temple. The heart of the ancient world, with all the prevailing ignorance of the true nature and motions of the heavenly orbs, was religiously impressed by their survey. There is a passage in one of those admirable ...

— The Uses of Astronomy - An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 • Edward Everett

... of the Holy Father are divided by birth and fortune into three very distinct classes,—nobility, citizens, and people, or plebeians. The Gospel has omitted to consecrate the inequality of men, but the law of the State—that is to say, the will of the Popes—carefully maintains it. Benedict XIV. declared it honourable and salutary in his Bull of January 4, 1746, and Pius IX. expressed himself in the same terms at the beginning ...

— The Roman Question • Edmond About

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