consecrated; consecrating
1
: to induct (a person) into a permanent office with a religious rite
especially
: to ordain to the office of bishop
2
a
: to make or declare sacred
especially
: to devote irrevocably to the worship of God by a solemn ceremony
consecrate a church
b
: to effect the liturgical transubstantiation of (eucharistic bread and wine)
c
: to devote to a purpose with or as if with deep solemnity or dedication
3
: to make inviolable or venerable
principles consecrated by the weight of history
Synonyms
Examples of consecrate in a Sentence
Adjective
the consecrate gold tablets which Joseph Smith claimed to have found
Verb
a philanthropist who consecrated his considerable fortune to an array of charitable causes
plans to consecrate the altar in the new church with great ceremony
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Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
Oumar Ba, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Nearby is Duomo di Modena, consecrated in 1184, the former seat of the Diocese, later Archdiocese, of Modena.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Lana Del Rey doesn’t toy with signs—of American glamour and its decay, of female melancholia and racial desire—so much as consecrate them.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
Verb
In its operation, however, the ICC consecrated a much more restricted international legal order, one that effectively presumed that grave atrocity crimes are the province only of the non-Western world.
—Oumar Ba, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Nearby is Duomo di Modena, consecrated in 1184, the former seat of the Diocese, later Archdiocese, of Modena.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Consecrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consecrate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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