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con⋅se⋅crate

  [kon-si-kreyt] verb, -crat⋅ed, -crat⋅ing, adjective
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–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

Related forms:
con⋅se⋅crat⋅ed⋅ness, noun
con⋅se⋅cra⋅tor, con⋅se⋅crat⋅er, noun
con⋅se⋅cra⋅to⋅ry  [kon-si-kruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , con⋅se⋅cra⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
2. sanctify, venerate. 3. See devote.

Antonyms:
1. desecrate.
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con·se·crate   (kŏn'sĭ-krāt')   
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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Consecrate

Con"se*crate\, a. [L. consceratus, p. p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred.] Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

They were assembled in that consecrate place. --Bacon.

Consecrate

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.
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Language Translation for : consecrate
Spanish: consagrar,
German: weihen,
Japanese: 神にささげる
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consecrate 
1387, from L. consecratus, pp. of consecrare "to make holy, devote," from com- "together" + sacrare (see sacred).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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