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consecrate
('k/A/ns/@/,kr/eI/t )

adjective (a)

  • solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose(adj.all)
    Example:
    A life consecrated to science.
    The consecrated chapel.
    Synonym:
    consecrated, dedicated
    Antonym:
    desecrated
    source: wordnet30
  • Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • appoint to a clerical posts(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    ordain, order, ordinate
    source: wordnet30
  • give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Consecrate your life to the church.
    Synonym:
    commit, dedicate, devote, give
    source: wordnet30
  • dedicate to a deity by a vow(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    vow
    source: wordnet30
  • render holy by means of religious rites(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    bless, hallow, sanctify
    Antonym:
    deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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