Consecrate

Definition: Consecrate

Consecrate

Adjective

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".

Verb

1. Of clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church".

2. Dedicate to a deity by a vow.

3. Render holy by means of religious rites.

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Date "consecrate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Consecrate

Churchdom

Verb: call, ordain, induct, prefer, translate, consecrate, present.

Piety

Convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecrate, enshrine.

Repute

Consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel.

Use

Render useful; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of.

Crosswords: Consecrate

Books

• Consecrate Every Day (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Consecrate (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. (The Gettysburg Address)

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It is only the serious eye peering from and the sincere life passed within it which restrain laughter and consecrate the costume of any people.

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Children

Morocco

The members adopted the "Marrakech Declaration," pledging to "promote, protect, and consecrate girls in Africa." On October 31, Princess Lalla Hasna presided at the official opening of the SOS Children's Village south of Casablanca, the third one to open in Morocco. (references)

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Expression using "consecrate": consecrated vs desecrated consecrate. Additional references.

Albanian

shenjtëroj (hallow, sanctify), kushtoj (cost, dedicate, devote, inscribe, pay), dedikoj (dedicate). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كرس (dedicate, devote, hallow, sanctify, set up), ‏قدس (hallow, officiate, sanctify), ‏وقف لغرض ما, ‏أحاطه بهالة, ‏أعلن مقدسا, ‏رسم كاهنا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

утвърждавам (accredit, affirm), ръкополагам за владика, освещавам (bless, dedicate, hallow, inaugurate, sanctify), осветен (dedicated, illuminated, lighted, lit, sanctified), посвещавам (dedicate, devote, give, initiate, inscribe, vow). (various references)

Chinese 

聖化 (sanctification, sanctify), 奉獻 (dedicate, devote). (various references)

Czech

zasvìtit (devote, initiate), vysvìtit (ordain). (various references)

Farsi 

ویژه کردن , وقف شده (Holy, Sacred), تقدیس کردن (Bless, Celebrate, Edify, Enshrine, Hallow, Sacrament, Sancify), تخصیص دادن (Allot, Apportion, Design, Designate, Give). (various references)

Finnish

vihkiä (confer the degree of upon, dedicate, inaugurate, join in marriage, marry, ordain), pyhittää (dedicate, sanctify). (various references)

French

consacrer (consign), sacrer. (various references)

German

weihen (dedicate, devote, inaugurate, open, ordain, order, sanctify, unveil), konsekrieren, einsegnen (bless, confirm). (various references)

Greek 

καθιερώ, καθαγιάζω (hallow, sanctify), χειροτονώ (ordain), εγκαινιάζω (dedicate, inaugurate, initiate, open), αγιάζω (become holy, hallow, sanctify), αφιερώνω (dedicate, dedicate to, devote, sanctify). (various references)

Hebrew 

למשוח (anoint, grease, paint, smear), לק�"ש (bless, hallow, sanctify), לח� וך (bring up, coach, dedicate, educate, inaugurate, teach, train, tutor), ל�"ק�"יש (inscribe, sanctify), ל� סוך (anoint, cast, libate, melt, pour). (various references)

Hungarian

szentelt (sacred), megszentelt (hallowed, holy, sainted, sanctified), szentesített (sacred, sanctified), felszentelt (consecrated), beszentelt. (various references)

Indonesian

menyucikan (chasten, hallow, sanctify), mentahbiskan. (various references)

Irish

coisric. (various references)

Italian

consacrare (anoint, bless, devote, hallow, sanctify, vow), dedicare (addict, dedicate, devote, inscribe, name after, put in, spend). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

捧�'る (to consecrate, to dedicate, to devote, to give, to lift up, to offer, to sacrifice). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ささ�'る (to consecrate, to dedicate, to devote, to give, to lift up, to offer, to sacrifice). (various references)

Manx

casherickey (bless, church, church as woman, dedicate, solemnize), casherickeraghey, casherickee (bless). (various references)

Norwegian

vigsle, innvie (hallow, inaugurate, initiate). (various references)

Pig Latin

onsecratecay

Portuguese

consagrar (bless, dedicate, devote, establish, hallow, inaugurate, sanctify), benzer (bless, sanctify). (various references)

Romanian

consfinţi (sanctify, sanction), consacrat (acknowledged, established, recognized, sanctioned, well known), consacra (assign, dedicate to, devote to, establish, give, hallow, sanctify, sanction, spend), sfinţit (hallowed, holy, sacred, West), sfinţi (anoint, beatify, bless, dedicate, hallow, lay, pap, sanctify), dedica (dedicate, devote, devote into, inscribe, sanctify). (various references)

Russian 

посвящать (dedicate, dedicating, denote to, devote, devoted to, initiate, sanctify). (various references)

Scottish

caisrig. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

posvetiti (canonize, commit, dedicate, hallow, inscribe, sanctify), posvećen (consecrated, dedicated, devoted, hallow, hallowed, inside, oblate, oblational, oblatory), osveštati, osveštan (consecrated). (various references)

Spanish

consagrar (dedicate, devote, give, sanctify). (various references)

Swedish

viga (marry, Wed), inviga (anoint, dedicate, inagurate, inaugurate, induct, initialize, initiate, open), helga (anoint, dedicate, devote, hallow, sanctify). (various references)

Turkish

vakfetmek (wed with), takdis etmek (bless, hallow, sanctify), kutsamak (bless, canonize, hallow, revere, sanctify), adamak (commit, dedicate, devote, give up, offer, vow, Wed, wed with). (various references)

Ukrainian

освячувати (bless, dedicate, hallow, sanctify), присвячувати (addict, bestow, dedicate, devote, inscribe, vow). (various references)

Vietnamese 

được cúng. (various references)

Welsh

cysegru (dedicate, devote). (various references)

consecrabant, consecrabis, consecrabit, consecrans, consecrantur, consecraret, consecrarit, consecrastis, consecrata, consecratae, consecratam, consecrati, consecratis, consecratisque, consecratum, consecratur, consecratus, consecraverant, consecraverat, consecraverunt, consecravi, consecravit, consecrem, consecrentur, consecretur, consecro, devorant, devorat, devoratis, devota, devoverat, devoverunt, devovimus, dicamus, dicant, dicantur, dicas, dicat, dicatis, dicatque, dicatur, dicemus, dicemusque, dicent, dicentque, dicentur, dicere, dices, dicesque, dicet, dicetis, dicetque, dicetur, diceturque, dico, sacra, sacrare, sacras, sacratisque, sacratum, sacro, vota, voti, votis, voto, votum, vovebant, vovebunt, vovens, voverant, voverat, vovere, voverint, voveris, voverit, voverunt, vovete, vovi, vovimus, vovisti, vovistis, vovit. (various references)

halgian. (various references)

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Derivations

Words beginning with "consecrate": consecrated, consecrates. (additional references)

Words ending with "consecrate": deconsecrate, reconsecrate. (additional references)

Words containing "consecrate": deconsecrated, deconsecrates, reconsecrated, reconsecrates, unconsecrated. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Consecrate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: concecrate, consacrate, consecrat, consecrateo, consencrate, consercrate, Monserato, Monserrat. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: accentors, carotenes, cocreates, concretes, reaccents.

-2 letters: accentor, accretes, acescent, acetones, ancestor, carotene, centares, cocreate, coenacts, coerects, concerts, concrete, cosecant, crescent, earstone, ectosarc, enactors, notecase, reaccent, reascent, reenacts, resonate, sarcenet.

-3 letters: accents, accrete, acerose, acetone, acetose, arenose, atoners, cancers, canters, cantors, careens, carnets, cartons, caserne, cenotes, centare, centers, centres, cerates, cetanes, coarsen, coaster, coatees.

+1 letter: consecrated, consecrates.

+2 letters: concentrates, consecrative, deconsecrate, reconsecrate.

+3 letters: accelerations, accouterments, accoutrements, concelebrants, concelebrates, concertmaster, countenancers, deconsecrated, deconsecrates, encroachments, reconsecrated, reconsecrates, technocracies, unconsecrated.

+4 letters: bronchiectases, concertmasters, contraceptives, counterchanges, countercharges, countermarches, deconcentrates, deconsecrating, deconsecration, gerontocracies, reconcentrates, reconsecrating, reconsecration.

+5 letters: concelebrations, conceptualizers, confectionaries, counterbalances, counterinstance, deconsecrations, econometricians, electrodynamics, overaccentuates, reconsecrations.