Consecrate Definition

kŏnsĭ-krāt
consecrated, consecrates, consecrating
verb
consecrated, consecrates, consecrating
To set apart as holy; make or declare sacred for religious use.
Webster's New World
To make (someone) a bishop, ruler, etc. by a religious ceremony.
Webster's New World
To sanctify (bread and wine) for Eucharistic use through a ritual regarded by some Christian churches as effecting transubstantiation.
American Heritage
To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops.
American Heritage
To devote entirely; dedicate.
To consecrate one's life to art.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Consecrated.
Webster's New World
Dedicated to a sacred purpose; sanctified.
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Origin of Consecrate

  • Middle English consecraten from Latin cōnsecrāre cōnsecrāt- com- intensive pref. com– sacrāre to make sacred (from sacer sacr- sacred sak- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Consecrate Sentence Examples

  • The little company of seven determined to consecrate their union by vows.

  • But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.

  • Similarly William of Paris held that degradation deprived a priest of power to consecrate.

  • The Lombard sect went farther in (3) and (4), holding that no one in mortal sin could consecrate the sacrament, and that the Roman Church was the scarlet woman of the Apocalypse, whose precepts ought not to be obeyed, especially those appointing fast-days.

  • He also refused to consecrate Henrys nominees to certain bishoprics and abbacies on the ground that they had not been chosen by free election by their chapters or their monks.

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