See Also: consecrate(1)(dictionary)
consecrate(2)(dictionary)
consecrate(dictionary)

consecrate(2) (iou)



consecrate verb trans. LME.
[Latin consecrat- pa. ppl stem of consecrare, formed as CON- + sacrare dedicate, from sacer SACRED adjective: see -ATE3.]
Set apart as sacred (to); dedicate solemnly to a sacred or religious purpose; make fit for religious use. LME.
R. Hooker The custom of the primitive church in consecrating holy virgins..unto the service of God. Book of Common Prayer If the consecrated bread or wine be all spent..the Priest is to consecrate more.
b. spec. Give sacramental character to (the Eucharistic elements of bread and wine) by performing the appropriate rite. E16.
Ordain (a bishop, monarch, etc.) to office. LME.
Dedicate or devote to a particular purpose or pursuit. M16.
W. H. Prescott His whole life was consecrated to letters.
Devote or doom to destruction etc. L16-M17.
Apotheosize, deify. E17-M18.
Make an object of veneration or regard; sanctify; sanction by usage. L17.
J. Lingard Writers, whose reputation consecrates their opinions.
consecrated ppl adjective that has been consecrated; esp. (of a church, churchyard, ground, etc.) set apart by episcopal dedication for public worship or the burial of the dead, and having the ecclesiastical and legal status thus conferred: M16.
consecrator noun M16.
consecratory adjective that consecrates E17.