Display virtual keyboard interface

Associations to the word «Consecrate»

Wiktionary

CONSECRATE, verb. To declare, or otherwise make something holy.
CONSECRATE, adjective. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

Dictionary definition

CONSECRATE, verb. Appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church".
CONSECRATE, verb. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church".
CONSECRATE, verb. Dedicate to a deity by a vow.
CONSECRATE, verb. Render holy by means of religious rites.
CONSECRATE, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats