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单词 consecrate
释义 consecrate
 —consecratedness,  n.   —consecrator, consecrater,  n.   —consecratory /kon"si kreuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, consecrative,  adj.  
 /kon"si krayt'/,  v.  , consecrated, consecrating,  adj.  
  v.t.  
  1. to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
  2. to make (something) an object of honor or veneration; hallow: a custom consecrated by time.
  3. to devote or dedicate to some purpose: a life consecrated to science.
  4. to admit or ordain to a sacred office, esp. to the episcopate.
  5. to change (bread and wine) into the Eucharist.
  adj.  
  6. consecrated; sacred.
 [1325-75; ME consecraten < L consecratus (ptp. of consecrare), equiv. to con- CON- + -secr- (var., in non-initial syllables, of sacer) SACRED, holy + -atus -ATE1]
 Syn. 2. sanctify, venerate. 3. See devote.
 Ant. 1. desecrate.
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