consecrate
consecrated; consecrating; consecrates
Consecrate means to make holy or to dedicate to a higher purpose. You need to consecrate a building to turn it into a church, but you can also consecrate a week in New York City to the pursuit of the perfect bagel.
The secr part of consecrate comes from the Latin sacer "sacred." Remember that something consecrated is dedicated to God and thus sacred. And then remember that the meanings of words tend to stretch; over time this one moved from "dedicated to God" to "dedicated to whatever": jelly donuts, the perfect tan, finding a solution to Rubik's Cube.
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give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause“consecrate your life to the church”
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dedicate to a deity by a vow
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render holy by means of religious rites
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Antonyms:
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deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow
remove the consecration from a person or an object
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types:
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reconsecrate
consecrate anew, as after a desecration
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type of:
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declare
state emphatically and authoritatively
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deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow
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appoint to a clerical post
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solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
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synonyms:
consecrated, dedicated
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ordained
invested with ministerial or priestly functions
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votive
dedicated in fulfillment of a vow
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holy
belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power
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sacred
concerned with religion or religious purposes
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Antonyms:
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desecrated
treated with contempt
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deconsecrated
divested of consecration
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profaned, violated
treated irreverently or sacrilegiously
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ordained
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