transitive verb. To declare or set apart as sacred.

transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To sanctify (bread and wine) for Eucharistic use through a ritual regarded by some Christian churches as effecting transubstantiation.

transitive verb. To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops.

transitive verb. To dedicate solemnly to a service or goal. synonym: devote.

transitive verb. To make venerable; hallow.

adjective. Dedicated to a sacred purpose; sanctified.

To make or declare sacred with certain ceremonies or rites; appropriate to sacred uses or employments; set apart, dedicate, or devote to the service of the Deity: as, to consecrate a church; to consecrate the eucharistic elements. See consecration, 1.

Specifically, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, to initiate solemnly into the order of bishops, as a priest. See consecration, . To devote or dedicate from profound feeling or a religious motive: as, his life was consecrated to the service of the poor.

To make revered or worshiped, or highly regarded; hallow: as, a custom consecrated by time.

To place among the gods; apotheosize.

To enroll among the saints; canonize.

Sacred; consecrated; devoted; dedicated.

adjective. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To set apart to a sacred office.

transitive verb. To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

transitive verb. To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify.

verb. To declare, or otherwise make something holy.

verb. appoint to a clerical posts

verb. dedicate to a deity by a vow

verb. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

adjective. solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose

verb. render holy by means of religious rites

"Etymology: de - + - secrate (as in consecrate) to violate the sanctity of"

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