• Verb
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈkɑnsəkɹeɪt/
• Adjective
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒnsəkɹət/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈkɑnsəkɹət/

consecrate (consecrates, present participle consecrating; past and past participle consecrated)

1. (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.

   Synonyms: behallow, hallow, Thesaurus:consecrate

   Antonyms: desecrate, defile, Thesaurus:desecrate

2. (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.

• consecration

• French: consacrer
• German: weihen
• Portuguese: consagrar
• Russian: освяща́ть
• Spanish: consagrar

consecrate

1. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
   • 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: Printed by W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628 ↗:

     They were assembled in that consecrate place.