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Consecratory - 3 dictionary results

con⋅se⋅crate

   [kon-si-kreyt]
verb, -crat⋅ed, -crat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
2. to make (something) an object of honor or veneration; hallow: a custom consecrated by time.
3. to devote or dedicate to some purpose: a life consecrated to science.
4. to admit or ordain to a sacred office, esp. to the episcopate.
5. to change (bread and wine) into the Eucharist.
–adjective
6. consecrated; sacred.
Origin:
1325–75; ME consecraten < L consecrātus (ptp. of consecrāre), equiv. to con- con- + -secr- (var., in non-initial syllables, of sacer) sacred, holy + -ātus -ate 1
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con·se·crate     (kŏn'sĭ-krāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates
  1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church.
  2. Christianity
    1. To produce the ritual transformation of (the elements of the Eucharist) into the body and blood of Jesus.
    2. To sanctify (bread and wine) for use in Communion.
    3. To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops.
  3. To dedicate solemnly to a service or goal. See Synonyms at devote.
  4. To make venerable; hallow: a tradition consecrated by time.

adj.   Dedicated to a sacred purpose; sanctified.


[Middle English consecraten, from Latin cōnsecrāre, cōnsecrāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sacrāre, to make sacred (from sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sak- in Indo-European roots).]

con'se·cra'tive adj., con'se·cra'tor n., con'se·cra·to'ry (-krə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Consecratory

Con"se*cra*to*ry\ (? or ?), a. Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory.

The consecratory prayer. --Bp. Burnet.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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