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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consecrated}; p. pr & vb n. {Consecrating}.] 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. 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. --Burke. Syn: See {Addict}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: consecrated adj 1: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II" [syn: {consecrate}, {dedicated}] [ant: {desecrated}] 2: made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use "a consecrated chursh"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: {sacred}, {sanctified}]
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