Consecrate

Word CONSECRATE
Character 10
Hyphenation con se crate
Pronunciations /ˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Consecrate"

What do we mean by consecrate?

To declare or set apart as sacred. 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. transitive verb

Dedicated to a sacred purpose; sanctified. adjective

Sacred; consecrated; devoted; dedicated.

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.

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. adjective

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. transitive verb

To declare, or otherwise make something holy. verb

Appoint to a clerical posts verb

To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.

(specifically) To ordain as a bishop.

To hold sacred. Urban Dictionary

To lick the smegma out of another man's erect penis. Urban Dictionary

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Synonyms and Antonyms for Consecrate

The word "consecrate" in example sentences

Etymology: de - + - secrate (as in consecrate) to violate the sanctity of ❋ David (2005)

Those who adopt the calling consecrate themselves to it by some religious ceremony, and ever after are connected with the temples. ❋ Maturin Murray Ballou (1857)

We all know that to consecrate is to set apart for holy service. ❋ James Sheridan Knowles (1823)

Having said that, should such individuals choose to have a minister, imam, priest, rabbi, shaman or wiccan "consecrate" the affair - after the fact that's their own business. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Heck, we were warned before our wedding vows that the word is "consecrate", not "constipate". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh! -- to the really 'consecrate' in heart and thought I could give my life so easily, so slavishly even! ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

He remarks that the Hebrew verb to ban is sometimes rendered "consecrate": Micah iv. ❋ W. Warde Fowler (1884)

"A night of memories and sighs" he might "consecrate" to his lost lady love, as Landor did to Rose Aylmer. ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

The only difference between the application of the same term to Christ and the disciples is, as applied to Christ, that it means only to "consecrate"; whereas, in application to the disciples, it means to consecrate with the additional idea of previous sanctification, since nothing but what is holy can be presented as an offering. ❋ Unknown (1871)

The root word would be 'consecrate' and you put before and after that word a lot of additions, creating this complex meaning. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A Church in which there are Dominicans and Jesuits who are theorizing and practicing Masses without priesthood or Christian sacrament, in which those present "consecrate" collectively, around a "table that is also open to people of different religious traditions." ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the spotlight of the dispute is Lee, who once outraged Buddhists by vowing, when he was mayor of Seoul, to "consecrate" the capital to the Christian God. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"consecrate" as a priest, is literally, to fill the hand, implying that an offering is given into the hands of the priest, which it is his duty to present to God. ❋ Unknown (1871)

'But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.' ❋ Bernie Bulkin (2011)

Joseph Smith's original "Law of Consecration and Stewardship," drawing on the communism of the earliest Christian churches, required all members of the community to consecrate or deed all personal property to the bishop of the church for distribution to "the poor and needy." ❋ Frank G. Kirkpatrick (2012)

Now an influential assortment of Christian conservatives has moved to consecrate it. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2012)

The constitutional panel is limited to changing or annulling the six articles that consecrate those rules, "along with changes to any connected articles that the committee deems necessary," according to the military's order to its members. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The consecration of [the top] [religious leader]. ❋ Larstait (2003)

That [paladin] consecrates me by [the flagpole]. ❋ Liselah (2008)

That bitch is consecrated! let's [move on] to [someone else], I'm not [wasting] any more time or drinks on her. ❋ RipperJim (2013)

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What does consecrate mean?

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