SACRALIZED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

sacralized

verb

past tense of sacralize

as in blessed

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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And while he’s been blessed by natural talent and physicality, his rise through the system has been a journey of sacrifice and education.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Linguine Nerano This falls short in the way most Trader Joe’s frozen pastas do, resembling airline food when you’re blessed enough to have it.

— Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

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In Sugar Land, Texas, a 90-foot statue of the deity Hanuman, consecrated in 2024 at a temple complex, continues to draw disparaging comments, including one YouTube personality who recently urged its demolition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
The King’s wife, Queen Mette-Marit, is also expected to be consecrated during the ceremony.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of consecrated

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Guns became sacred, and violence was increasingly justified, if not sanctified.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
The church has always preached that humans are created in God’s image; by assuming the messy fragility of human form, God’s son sanctified human experience.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sanctified

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Many schools also have dedicated Barstool Sports Instagram pages, often affiliated with the popular sports blog but unaffiliated with the schools.

— Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
The nonprofit group River Partners originally proposed a different version of the plan, one that would have permanently dedicated up to 16,000 acre-feet of water to the river and restored up to 7,500 acres of floodplain habitat.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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