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Definition of Consecrate
Con´se`crate | a. | 1. | Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. | | 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. | | 2. | To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop. | | 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. |
Related Words
consecrated, dedicated, holy, sacred
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