consecrate
Verb
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- "consecrate your life to the church"
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- render holy by means of religious rites
- To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
- To ordain as a bishop.
- To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
Adjective
- solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
- "a life consecrated to science"
- "the consecrated chapel"
Adj
- Consecrated.
- Consecrated, devoted, dedicated, sacred.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in the late 14ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consecraten (“to dedicate, consecrate (an altar, church); to ordain (a bishop), anoint (a king, a pope); to devote one to religious life”), from consecrat(e) (“consecrated”, used as the past participle of consecraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin cōnsecrātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsecrāre, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Synonyms
bless, commit, consecrated, dedicate, dedicated, devote, give, hallow, ordain, order, ordinate, sanctify, vow, behallow, canonize, consecrate, inaugurate, martyr, sacralize, saint
Antonyms
desecrate, desecrated, consecrate, deconsecrate, defile, desacralize, profane, unbless, uncanonize, unhallow, unsaint
Scrabble Score: 14
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