as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God
built the cemetery on consecrated ground
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as in dedicated
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 blessed
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 consecrated
Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
The core Anže Kopitar, C The two-time Stanley Cup winner and Kings captain since 2016 has accomplished all there is to accomplish as one of the preeminent two-way centers in NHL history and perhaps the most consecrated figure in Kings’ lore.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 4 Oct. 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Visitors who have had their fill of the beach can explore the Port Aransas Museum and Chapel on the Dunes, the oldest consecrated church on Mustang Island.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
The core Anže Kopitar, C The two-time Stanley Cup winner and Kings captain since 2016 has accomplished all there is to accomplish as one of the preeminent two-way centers in NHL history and perhaps the most consecrated figure in Kings’ lore.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
Even if all these sunny promises are enshrined in contracts, built into budgets, and consecrated with good intentions, there are still plenty of ways the whole project could go kerflooey.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
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Prosecutors also wrote in that filing that Jalloh suggested to an FBI source that Ramadan, a holy month in the Islamic calendar, was a good time to conduct an attack.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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The day before Ramadan began, ICNA Relief hosted its annual Ramadan Food Box giveaway, where families came for $75 worth of items like dates, lentils, flour, oil, vermicelli and other essentials commonly used during the holy month.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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The spate of production sparked by its emergence has been buoyed by a young generation of actors who have dedicated themselves to the fast-moving sector.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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Eventually, there will be dedicated turn lanes to get on the northbound Blue Route from the pike traveling west, as well as Lawrence Road turning east onto West Chester Pike.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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One is that the United States is blessed with the most professional and effective military in the world.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Verde above Horseshoe Dam, blessed with the storm that had layered 10 inches on Happy Jack, was projected to yield 76% of average.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The community is guided by a liturgical calendar, which Prince explains makes every day feel like a sacred moment.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
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In wartime, death no longer carries the sacred, sublime aura found both in German Romanticism and Russian literary tradition.—
Hanlu Zhang,
Artforum,
10 Mar. 2026
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In the second half, Kansas devoted much more attention to the shooter.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2026
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Lawmakers devoted several hours to debating House Bill 991 on Thursday.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Westerner, with eyes narrowed and speech slowed by a drawl, has become a venerated figure to people far removed from the species’ native habitat, the American range of yesterday that today doesn’t exist and, more to the point, save for artistic revisionist accounts, never did.—
Miles Beller,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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He was charged with dozens more counts of criminal mischief, burglary, intentional desecration of a venerated object and other crimes.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Consecrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecrated. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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