Consecrate
verb
To make something holy or set it apart for religious purposes.
The bishop will consecrate the new cathedral next week.
Often appears as...
- consecrate a church
- consecrate a shrine
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Formal
Religious
verb
To dedicate something or someone for a special purpose.
The team consecrated their victory to their late coach.
Often appears as...
- consecrate a victory
- consecrate a life
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To make something holy or set it apart for religious purposes.
The bishop will consecrate the new cathedral next week.
Often appears as...
- consecrate a church
- consecrate a shrine
Usage tips
Formal
Religious
verb
To dedicate something or someone for a special purpose.
The team consecrated their victory to their late coach.
Often appears as...
- consecrate a victory
- consecrate a life
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Acts
Used during religious ceremonies to bless objects or places.
They will consecrate the communion wafers at the service.
Pro Tip 2/3Spiritual Significance
Implies a deep spiritual significance when referring to a place or object.
The sacred river was consecrated by the monks.
Pro Tip 3/3Ceremonial Language
Often used in a formal or ceremonial context, not casual conversations.
The priest consecrated the ground before the church was built.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Acts
Used during religious ceremonies to bless objects or places.
They will consecrate the communion wafers at the service.
Pro Tip 2/3Spiritual Significance
Implies a deep spiritual significance when referring to a place or object.
The sacred river was consecrated by the monks.
Pro Tip 3/3Ceremonial Language
Often used in a formal or ceremonial context, not casual conversations.
The priest consecrated the ground before the church was built.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Acts
Used during religious ceremonies to bless objects or places.
They will consecrate the communion wafers at the service.
Pro Tip 2/3Spiritual Significance
Implies a deep spiritual significance when referring to a place or object.
The sacred river was consecrated by the monks.
Pro Tip 3/3Ceremonial Language
Often used in a formal or ceremonial context, not casual conversations.
The priest consecrated the ground before the church was built.
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My Friend, the Dalai...
helping send a school there so I had six weeks there so we actually got a lot of time and so I actually befriended the Dalai Lama which was great so whenever I would go back he's like oh come on we're gonna go consecrate a Buddha statue and star not jump in you know and so I'd
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Africa’s rhyming history...
certainly a move expedient but his face does seem genuine as it comes through in those letters he wanted literacy and he sent young men to be educated in Portugal one of these was his son baptized Henrique who studied in Lisbon in Rome and in 1518 was consecrated by
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
and then use these signs to interpret the will of the gods. From augur comes the verb inaugurare, to see omens from the flight of birds, and, then later, to consecrate or act when such omens are favorable.
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My Friend, the Dalai...
helping send a school there so I had six weeks there so we actually got a lot of time and so I actually befriended the Dalai Lama which was great so whenever I would go back he's like oh come on we're gonna go consecrate a Buddha statue and star not jump in you know and so I'd
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Africa’s rhyming history...
certainly a move expedient but his face does seem genuine as it comes through in those letters he wanted literacy and he sent young men to be educated in Portugal one of these was his son baptized Henrique who studied in Lisbon in Rome and in 1518 was consecrated by
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
and then use these signs to interpret the will of the gods. From augur comes the verb inaugurare, to see omens from the flight of birds, and, then later, to consecrate or act when such omens are favorable.
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Quote examples
Marie Curie
Polish Scientist
Pierre Curie came to see me and showed a simple and sincere sympathy with my student life. Soon he caught the habit of speaking to me of his dream of an existence consecrated entirely to scientific research, and he asked me to share that life.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
German Businessman
With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that's how most bonfires begin - as a simple spark.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
What is enthusiasm but a passionate belief in what seems to be a high and holy aim - an unselfish devotion to some noble cause - a consecration of heart and mind and soul to the attainment of a great object?
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George Ripley
American Activist
To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted.
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Millicent Fawcett
British Activist
What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value.
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William Inge
English Clergyman
Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than death.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
American Judge
We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.
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Ellen G. White
American Writer
A consecrated Christian life is ever shedding light and comfort and peace.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
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Marie Curie
Polish Scientist
Pierre Curie came to see me and showed a simple and sincere sympathy with my student life. Soon he caught the habit of speaking to me of his dream of an existence consecrated entirely to scientific research, and he asked me to share that life.
Quote examples
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
German Businessman
With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that's how most bonfires begin - as a simple spark.
Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
What is enthusiasm but a passionate belief in what seems to be a high and holy aim - an unselfish devotion to some noble cause - a consecration of heart and mind and soul to the attainment of a great object?
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George Ripley
American Activist
To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted.
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Millicent Fawcett
British Activist
What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value.
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William Inge
English Clergyman
Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than death.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
American Judge
We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.
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Ellen G. White
American Writer
A consecrated Christian life is ever shedding light and comfort and peace.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
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