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Vestal :: Vestal (a.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar..

Consecrated :: Consecrated (imp. & p. p.) of Consecrat.

Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time..

Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor..

Catholicos :: Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis..

Fane :: Fane (n.) A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church.

Hostie :: Hostie (n.) The consecrated wafer; the host.

Priest :: Priest (n.) One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power..

Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship..

Consecrater :: Consecrater (n.) Consecrator.

Dedicate :: Dedicate (v. t.) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use..

Oblate :: Oblate (a.) Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n..

Desecrate :: Desecrate (v. t.) To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.

Corporale :: Corporale (a.) A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth..

Consecrate :: Consecrate (a.) Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

Corsned :: Corsned (n.) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt..

Paten :: Paten (n.) The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover..

Chrism :: Chrism (n.) Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc..

Saint :: Saint (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God..

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