Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consecrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, a. [L. consceratus, p. p. of
conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer
sacred. See {Sacred}.]
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
They were assembled in that consecrate place. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consecrated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Consecrating}.]
1. 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.
One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy
rest. --Sharp.
2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a
bishop.
Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. --Ex.
xxix. 9.
3. To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll
among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
4. To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as,
rules or principles consecrated by time. --Burke.
Syn: See {Addict}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consecrate
adj : solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a
life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel";
"a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II" [syn:
{consecrated}, {dedicated}] [ant: {desecrated}]
v 1: of clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" [syn: {ordain},
{order}]
2: dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn: {vow}]
3: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: {bless}, {hallow},
{sanctify}] [ant: {desecrate}]
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