† consacrev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To consecrate, dedicate.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > perform consecration [verb (transitive)]
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sanctify1483
consacrea1492
speak1502
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to set apart1604
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sacralize1933
society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)]
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ordainc1300
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consecrate1387
sanctify1390
canonize1393
to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)a1400
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japan1756
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvi. f. xl/1 He was relyygyous and professyd & consacred to god.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxix. 606 He was sacred and anoynted..with the holy ampell wherwt saynt Remy consacred Clouis.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Triumph of Faith in tr. Deuine Weekes & Wks. 565 Stoutly consacring Their lyues and soules to God, in Suffering.
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 816 There was a Peach-Tree growing there amid God Camosh Temple, to him consacred.
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