solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
<adj.all> a life consecrated to science the consecrated chapel a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II
Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, a. [L. consceratus, p. p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See {Sacred}.] Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
They were assembled in that consecrate place. --Bacon.
Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consecrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consecrating}.] 1. 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.
One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest. --Sharp.
2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.
Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. --Ex. xxix. 9.
3. To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
4. To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time. --Burke.
Syn: See {Addict}.
Lefebvre plans to consecrate four traditionalist bishops Thursday without papal permission, which the Vatican has said will result in automatic excommunication of those involved.
Habgood spoke amid warnings that the worldwide Anglican Communion of faithful in 164 countries could break up if U.S. Episcopalians consecrate their first woman bishop.
Glemp, on a 24-hour visit to Bristol, England, to consecrate a Polish Catholic church, indicated he had not read the Vatican statement.
He said it did not specify the date and number of bishops he could consecrate, but he said he wanted to go ahead with his plans to consecrate bishops on June 30 in Econe.
He said it did not specify the date and number of bishops he could consecrate, but he said he wanted to go ahead with his plans to consecrate bishops on June 30 in Econe.
Ivorian President Felix Houphouet-Boigny donated the basilica to the Roman Catholic church, and met with John Paul last year to urge him to consecrate it during his current African trip.
Christ, he says, only chose men to be his Apostles and to consecrate the Eucharist _ the ceremony that celebrates Christ's sacrifice of his life for the church.
"From the international, legal point of view, this (independence declaration) will consecrate officially the identity of the West Bank and Gaza," said Bassam Abu Sharif, chief spokesman for PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro defended the pope's decision not to consecrate the Ivorian basilica.