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

Valhalla :: Valhalla (n.) Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany..

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..

Option :: Option (n.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845..

Ecclesiastic :: Ecclesiastic (n.) A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest..

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

Sacre :: Sacre (v. t.) To consecrate; to make sacred.

Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.

Stationed :: Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station o

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..

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

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..

Sacellum :: Sacellum (n.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity.

Stercorarian :: Stercoranist (n.) A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient..

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.

Monstrance :: Monstrance (n.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view..

Consecrator :: Consecrator (n.) One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.

Sainted :: Sainted (a.) Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious.

Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop..

Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.

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