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Definition of consecrate

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Consecrate (v. t.) 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..

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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.

Chrismation :: Chrismation (n.) The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil..

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

Reconsecrate :: Reconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate anew or again.

Misconsecrate :: Misconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate amiss.

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..

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

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

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation..

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..

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..

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

Devotion :: Devotion (n.) A thing consecrated; an object of devotion.

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

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

Unconsecrate :: Unconsecrate (v. t.) To render not sacred; to deprive of sanctity; to desecrate.

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..

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..

Unhallowed :: Unhallowed (a.) Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked..

Sunday :: Sunday (n.) The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day..