consecrating

verb

present participle of consecrate
1
as in dedicating
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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2
as in blessing
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 consecrating But yesterday, the group defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his approval. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026 Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it. — ABC News, 1 July 2026 Under church law, consecrating bishops without papal approval is considered a schismatic act and carries automatic excommunication for both the bishops being ordained and the bishop performing the ceremony. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 Generations of cinephiles promoted a version of Agee’s catechism, consecrating Griffith as film’s supreme technical and aesthetic innovator, an almost Promethean figure. — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026 Rob practiced celebrating the Mass by draping a sheet over an ironing board in the basement and consecrating Necco wafers. — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecrating
  1. dedicating
  2. blessing
  3. devoting
  4. sanctifying
  5. saving
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  • The same research found that 65% of finance leaders are dedicating 10% or more of their 2026 budgets to AI and automation, and that 79% report measurable returns from it.
    — David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • After six years of dedicating ourselves to sleep—testing, reviewing, and cataloging our favorite picks for the annual Sleep Week—our shopping editors know a thing or two about curating a bedroom vibe.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026
Definition of dedicating
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  • By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • Jimmy Fallon has been blessing the New York Knicks with good humor for decades.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Definition of blessing
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  • Netflix’s take differentiates itself by devoting its entire first season to the earlier period.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
  • Every board meeting is devoting a significant amount of time to the succession question, the source said.
    — Anirban Sen, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of devoting
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  • To say that the Union was sacred and the touchstone of democracy was to strengthen slavery by sanctifying the state that protected it.
    — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
  • But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of sanctifying
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  • Lift the pasta out of the water with tongs or a slotted spoon (depending on the shape), or drain it in a colander — but not before saving some of that precious pasta water — and transfer it directly into the pot with the condimento.
    — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Organizations like the Charlotte Museum of History have argued for saving the original building.
    — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2026
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