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Sacrilege :: Sacrilege (n.) The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses..

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

Blessed :: Blessed (a.) Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.

Profane :: Profane (a.) Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place..

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..

Hieron :: Hieron (n.) A consecrated place; esp., a temple..

Mystery :: Mystery (a.) The consecrated elements in the eucharist.

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..

Votive :: Votive (a.) Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet..

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

Hieratic :: Hieratic (a.) Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.

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

Unholy :: Unholy (a.) Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious..

Ablution :: Ablution (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest..

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..

Holiness :: Holiness (n.) The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness..

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

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..

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..

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

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