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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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  • Taylor Swift seems to be dedicating one of her new songs to Travis Kelce.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 23 Sep. 2026
  • But the governor compromised and supported several efforts to work around the caps in recent years, including dedicating $712 million outside of the formal budget system to expand affordable childcare.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of dedicating
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  • Jesse sent a video from Thanksgiving, with Rosemarie blessing her and her family.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of blessing
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  • Instead of promoting the new album, George mostly ignored his own catalog, devoting two-thirds of the set to oldies by his heroes, including David Bowie, Chaka Khan, Culture Club, and Elton John.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
  • There, students spend two hours per day on core subjects with an AI tutor before devoting their afternoons to workshops designed to hone skills like public speaking and relationship building.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 10 Sep. 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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  • Two people Perry met in recovery and rehab spoke for the film as well, including Evelyn Sallinger and Tim Harrington, who became Perry’s roommate for a time in the early 2000s and credits the actor with saving his life.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
  • That was in part to force the fathers to pay child maintenance, thus saving taxpayers’ money, but also supposedly to save the souls of both parents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of saving

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“Consecrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecrating. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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