单词 | consecrated |
释义 | consecrated (once / 761 pages) adj When something is consecrated it is declared to be sacred or holy. Many Catholics, for example, believe that bread and wine are consecrated, or made sacred during Holy Communion, becoming the body and blood of Christ. The word consecrated is made up of the Latin suffix con-, which expresses intensive force and sacrare meaning "dedicate." Something that is consecrated is intensely dedicated to the point of being declared holy. It's not just bread and wine that people believe to be consecrated. Lincoln mentioned how soldiers consecrated the Civil War battlefield in his Gettysburg Address: "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.” WORD FAMILYconsecrated: consecratedly, unconsecrated+/consecrate: consecrated, consecrates, consecrating, consecration, deconsecrate, reconsecrate/consecration: consecrations/deconsecrate: deconsecrated/reconsecrate: reconsecrated, reconsecrating USAGE EXAMPLESConsecrated in 1895, long before the Second World War, it was built to celebrate Germany’s victory in the Franco-Prussian War. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) Environmental activists concerned about the viability of the planet and the way our fossil-fuel dependence gets consecrated in our infrastructure. Slate(Dec 11, 2016) They had been called, with ceremonial daggers and invocations, to form a consecrated circle. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) 1adj made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use a consecrated church Syn sacred, sanctified holy belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power 2adj solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose a life consecrated to science the consecrated chapel Syn|Ant consecrate, dedicated ordained invested with ministerial or priestly functions votivededicated in fulfillment of a vow holybelonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power sacredconcerned with religion or religious purposes desecrated treated with contempt deconsecrateddivested of consecration profaned, violatedtreated irreverently or sacrilegiously |
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