英语词汇“consecrate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

con·se·crate

(kŏnsĭ-krāt′)

tr.v. con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates

1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church.

2. Christianity

a. To sanctify (bread and wine) for Eucharistic use through a ritual regarded by some Christian churches as effecting transubstantiation.

b. To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops.

3. To dedicate solemnly to a service or goal. See Synonyms at devote.

4. To make venerable; hallow: a tradition consecrated by time.

adj.

Dedicated to a sacred purpose; sanctified.

[Middle English consecraten, from Latin cōnsecrāre, cōnsecrāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see COM- + sacrāre, to make sacred (from sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sak- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]

conse·cra′tive adj.

conse·cra′tor n.

conse·cra·to′ry (-krə-tôr′ē) adj.

单词	consecrate
释义	con·se·crate (kŏnsĭ-krāt′) tr.v. con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates 1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church. 2. Christianity a. To sanctify (bread and wine) for Eucharistic use through a ritual regarded by some Christian churches as effecting transubstantiation. b. To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops. 3. To dedicate solemnly to a service or goal. See Synonyms at devote. 4. To make venerable; hallow: a tradition consecrated by time. adj. Dedicated to a sacred purpose; sanctified. [Middle English consecraten, from Latin cōnsecrāre, cōnsecrāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see COM- + sacrāre, to make sacred (from sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sak- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] conse·cra′tive adj. conse·cra′tor n. conse·cra·to′ry (-krə-tôr′ē) adj.
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