Definition:
- (a.) Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.
- (v. t.) To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
- (v. t.) To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.
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consecrate vs. offertory
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consecrate vs. dedicate
addict vs. consecrate
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consecrate vs. wafer
consecrate vs. defile
consecrate vs. desecrate
consecrate vs. holy
consecrate vs. ordinate
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