Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consecrated"
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)
consecrated
adj 1: 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: {consecrate}, {dedicated}] [ant: {desecrated}]
2: made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity
or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated chursh";
"the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and
wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: {sacred}, {sanctified}]
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