Consecrate

Definition of Consecrate

Con´se`crate

a.	1.	Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. They were assembled in that consecrate place. - Bacon.
v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Consecrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consecrating.] One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest. - Sharp.
	2.	To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop. Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. - Ex. xxix. 9.
	3.	To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
	4.	To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

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