Borrowed from Latin cōnsecrāre, cōnsecrātus.

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

consecrate (consecrates, present participle consecrating; simple 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

   • 1863 November 18, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)‎^{[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bliss_copy)]}, near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN ↗, Bliss copy, page 2:

     But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

2. (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
3. (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.

• 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: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC ↗:

     They were assembled in that consecrate place.