CONSECRATE


Meaning of CONSECRATE in English

adj consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

2. consecrate ·vt to set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.

3. consecrate ·vt to canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a roman emperor.

4. consecrate ·vt to render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

5. consecrate ·vt 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.

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