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

单词	consecrate
释义	consecrate —consecratedness, n. —consecrator, consecrater, n. —consecratory /kon"si kreuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, consecrative, adj. /kon"si krayt'/, v. , consecrated, consecrating, adj. v.t. 1. to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building. 2. to make (something) an object of honor or veneration; hallow: a custom consecrated by time. 3. to devote or dedicate to some purpose: a life consecrated to science. 4. to admit or ordain to a sacred office, esp. to the episcopate. 5. to change (bread and wine) into the Eucharist. adj. 6. consecrated; sacred. [1325-75; ME consecraten < L consecratus (ptp. of consecrare), equiv. to con- CON- + -secr- (var., in non-initial syllables, of sacer) SACRED, holy + -atus -ATE¹] Syn. 2. sanctify, venerate. 3. See devote. Ant. 1. desecrate.
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