单词 | consecrated |
释义 | consecratedadj. 1. a. Dedicated to a sacred purpose; made sacred; hallowed, sanctified. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [adjective] > in orders yhaded900 hadeda1100 in (holy) ordersc1300 orderedc1330 ordaineda1382 ordinee?a1400 consecrated1549 society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > consecration of elements > [adjective] sacredc1380 consecrate1509 consecrated1662 Eucharistized1737 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. K.iij Then tharchebishop shall procede to the Communion, with whom the newe consecrated Bishop, shal also Communicate. 1662 Bk. Common Prayer Communion If the consecrated bread or wine be all spent. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 353 An altar-piece representing our Saviour, distributing consecrated wafers to the disciples. b. spec. Of a church, churchyard, or burial-ground: Set apart with religious forms by a bishop, for public worship, or the burial of the dead, and having such ecclesiastical and legal status as this gives in England and some parts of the Commonwealth. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. iii. 25 Vnderneath that consecrated roofe. View more context for this quotation 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 277 Whereas the Parish Church of Hurly is a consecrated place. 1876 Blunt & Phillimore Bk. of Church Law v. i. 303 The law..forbids a clergyman to officiate publicly in any building which is not either consecrated or licensed for Divine Service by the bishop. 1876 Blunt & Phillimore Bk. of Church Law v. i. 315 The Status of Consecrated land and buildings.—The estate in a consecrated church and church-yard is one of freehold of which the fee-simple is in abeyance. 1891 N.E.D. at Consecrated Mod. A walk divides the consecrated from the unconsecrated part of the cemetery. The body was not buried in consecrated ground. 2. Dedicated, ‘sacred’ to a tutelary divinity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective] hallowedc900 holyc1000 blessedc1200 blissfula1225 seelya1225 yblessed1297 sacred13.. saint1377 devoutc1380 divinec1380 consecratec1386 dedicatec1386 benedighta1400 happyc1405 sillya1450 sacrate?a1475 sanctificatec1485 sacrificed?1504 sacrea1535 religious1549 vowed1585 anointed1595 devote1597 devoted1597 consecrated1599 sacrosanct1601 sanctimonious1604 sanctified1607 dedicated1609 divined1624 sacrosanctious1629 reverend1631 celebrate1632 divinified1633 sacrosanctified1693 sanctimonial1721 sacramental1851 divinized1852 sacral1882 sanct1890 sanctifiable1894 sacramented1914 hierophanic1927 kramat1947 sacralized1979 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 1 The monthe of Januarye (consecrated to the dooble faced godd Janus..). 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 51 Olives..the fruit was consecrated to Minerva. 1884 A. C. J. Gustafson Found. Death (ed. 3) i. 15 The serpent was consecrated to Bacchus. 3. figurative. Sanctioned by general observance or usage [French consacré] . ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > approved or accepted accepta1382 well-pleaseda1382 ycherydc1407 received1440 graciousa1450 accepted?1495 comprobate1523 well-accepted1526 allowed1538 approbateda1549 well-received1565 well-liked1567 well-graceda1586 unlashed1641 approved1667 approved-of1670 consecrated1868 favoured1891 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 211 These services, to use the consecrated phrase, get on well enough. 1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Polit. (1876) 162 The only sufficient and effectual agent in so doing was consecrated custom. Derivatives ˈconsecratedness n. ΚΠ 1846 in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in later Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1549 |
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