Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of consecrate is as below...

Consecration :: Consecration (n.) The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

Catholicos :: Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis..

Hieron :: Hieron (n.) A consecrated place; esp., a temple..

Sacrilege :: Sacrilege (n.) The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses..

Saint :: Saint (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God..

Desecrate :: Desecrate (v. t.) To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

Sacellum :: Sacellum (n.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity.

Holiness :: Holiness (n.) The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness..

Votary :: Votary (n.) One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life..

Misconsecrate :: Misconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate amiss.

Host :: Host (n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration..

Disconsecrate :: Disconsecrate (v. t.) To deprive of consecration or sacredness.

Unhallowed :: Unhallowed (a.) Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked..

Sainted :: Sainted (a.) Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious.

Corsned :: Corsned (n.) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt..

Paten :: Paten (n.) The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover..

Consecrater :: Consecrater (n.) Consecrator.

Consecrator :: Consecrator (n.) One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.

Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor..

Reconsecrate :: Reconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate anew or again.

Random Fonts

Most Popular