consecrate | English to English Dictionary

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consecrate

('k/A/ns/@/,kr/eI/t )

appoint to a clerical posts(verb.social)

Synonym:
ordain, order, ordinate

source: wordnet30
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause(verb.communication)

Example:
Consecrate your life to the church.

Synonym:
commit, dedicate, devote, give

source: wordnet30
dedicate to a deity by a vow(verb.communication)

Synonym:
vow

source: wordnet30
render holy by means of religious rites(verb.communication)

Synonym:
bless, hallow, sanctify
Antonym:
deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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