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Consecrate : adj : solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a
life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel";
"a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II" [syn:
consecrated, dedicated] [ant: desecrated]
(verb)
1: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
[syn: ordain, ordinate, order]
2: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She
committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents
to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
[syn: give, dedicate, commit, devote]
3: dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn: vow]
4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: bless, hallow,
sanctify] [ant: desecrate]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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