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1. Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
   "a life consecrate to science"
   - consecrated, dedicated

1. Appoint to a clerical post
   "he was consecrated in the Church"
   - ordain, ordinate, order
    
2. Use entirely for a specific person, activity, or cause
   "consecrate your life to the church"
   - give, dedicate, commit, devote
    
3. Dedicate to a deity by a vow
   - vow
    
4. Render holy by means of religious rites
   - bless, hallow, sanctify

Derived forms: consecrated, consecrates, consecrating

See also: consecration, holy, ordained, sacred, votive

Type of: apply, declare, employ, enthrone, invest, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, vest

Antonym: desecrate

Encyclopedia: Consecrate