as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God
the consecrate gold tablets which Joseph Smith claimed to have found
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as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
a philanthropist who consecrated his considerable fortune to an array of charitable causes
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as in to bless
to make holy through prayers or ritual
plans to consecrate the altar in the new church with great ceremony
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Recent Examples of consecrate
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2023
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
Many Pentecostals, for example, fast for a period in January to consecrate the year ahead.
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ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Lana Del Rey doesn’t toy with signs—of American glamour and its decay, of female melancholia and racial desire—so much as consecrate them.
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Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2023
Verb
The monumental church was consecrated in 2011 and is modeled on St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
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Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
Many Pentecostals, for example, fast for a period in January to consecrate the year ahead.
—
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Temple Mount movement — a loose coalition of Israeli religious and nationalist organizations — harbors a potentially explosive mix of prophecy and politics that aims to upend some 1,300 years of Muslim control over the third-holiest site in Islam and the holiest one for Jews.
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For example, the Life of Saint Æthelwold is a tenth-century biography that narrates the holy life of an English bishop.
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At 71 years old, she is set to retire from teaching at Mesa Public Schools this year and dedicate herself to weaving full-time.
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Those are the two areas López would be best off dedicating all his time and energy to over the next two years.
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Syd, bless her, as well as Ayo Edebiri, is the cautious realist in that partnership.
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But while most of the apartment has been blessed by the magic of Angela’s personal touch, two rooms remain in limbo.
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That flag is sacred as far as I am concerned.
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The Church has long believed that human life is sacred and that only God can decide when to end a person’s life.
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Since Israel’s founding, members of the community who devoted themselves to Torah studies have been exempt from the nation’s compulsory military service.
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The album’s first half is all head-over-heels, dreamily devoted love songs, whimsical head rushes turned into music that recalls Lorde, the Cure, and Annie Ernaux.
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But beyond these consecrated walls, continuity may depend as much on action as faith.
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The consecrated land is leased in perpetuity to the British Royal Navy, who participate in an annual ceremony to commemorate the lives lost.
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“Consecrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecrate. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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