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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, especially to the episcopate.
5.
to change (bread and wine) into the Eucharist.
adjective
6.
consecrated; sacred.
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Consecratory
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English consecraten < Latin consecrātus (past participle of consecrāre), equivalent to con- con- + -secr- (variant, in non-initial syllables, of sacer) sacred, holy + -ātus -ate1
1325–75; Middle English consecraten < Latin consecrātus (past participle of consecrāre), equivalent to con- con- + -secr- (variant, in non-initial syllables, of sacer) sacred, holy + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
con·se·crat·ed·ness, noun
con·se·cra·tor, con·se·crat·er, noun
de·con·se·crate, verb (used with object), -crat·ed, -crat·ing.
pre·con·se·crate, verb (used with object), -crat·ed, -crat·ing.
EXPANDre·con·se·crate, verb (used with object), -crat·ed, -crat·ing.
su·per·con·se·crat·ed, adjective
un·con·se·crat·ed, adjective
un·con·se·cra·tive, adjective
COLLAPSEAntonyms
1. desecrate.
1. desecrate.
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Word Origin & History
consecrate
late 14c., from L. consecratus, pp. of consecrare "to make holy, devote," from com- "together" + sacrare (see sacred).
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