Definition of consecrate

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

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Unholy :: Unholy (a.) Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious..
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..
Reconsecrate :: Reconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate anew or again.
Disconsecrate :: Disconsecrate (v. t.) To deprive of consecration or sacredness.
Votive :: Votive (a.) Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet..
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.
Sacellum :: Sacellum (n.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity.
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..
Deconsecrate :: Deconsecrate (v. t.) To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.
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..
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..
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..
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..
Oblate :: Oblate (a.) Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n..
Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.
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..
Devotion :: Devotion (n.) A thing consecrated; an object of devotion.
Unconsecrate :: Unconsecrate (v. t.) To render not sacred; to deprive of sanctity; to desecrate.
Consecrator :: Consecrator (n.) One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.
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