Dictionary Entry
consecrate
consecrate is a 10-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.
- 4transitive verb
To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
- 5transitive verb
To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.
- 6verb
render holy by means of religious rites
- 7verb
dedicate to a deity by a vow
Synonyms
- 8verb
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"
- 9verb
appoint to a clerical posts
"he was ordained in the Church"
- 10adjective
solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
"a life consecrated to science"
"the consecrated chapel"
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