SACRALIZE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

sacralize

verb

ˈsa-krə-ˌlīz

Definition of sacralize

as in to bless

to make holy through prayers or ritual sacralizing the cohabitation of a man and a woman by means of the marriage ceremony

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Recent Examples of sacralize The coronation merely confirms and sacralizes his inheritance. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023

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Circe, who is blessed with some powers of insight, turns out to be right.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
Even just one win in international football is superb, but the point about Deschamps is that he has been blessed with one of the most astonishing generations of talent the game has ever seen.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of bless

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On July 2, the Vatican decreed the excommunication of the SSPX’s bishops and priests, one day after the group consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland without the pope’s consent.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
In the late 1980s, its ‌founder ⁠Marcel Lefebvre consecrated four bishops without the approval of Pope John Paul II, leading those involved to be excommunicated.

— Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026

Definition of consecrate

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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
The cruelest dimension of this is that a Christianity hijacked by the evangelical right now seeks to sanctify that mythology in the name of God.

— Otis Moss III, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

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