con- (expressing intensive force) + sacrare ‘dedicate’, from sacer ‘sacred’

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verb with object (usu be consecrated)

make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose:

(特別な儀式で)〈建物･土地･物など〉を神聖にする, 清める, 神にささげる, 聖別する (!しばしば受け身で)

e.g. the present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845

e.g. (as adjective consecrated) : consecrated ground.

(in Christian belief) make (bread or wine) into the body or blood of Christ:

e.g. (as adjective consecrated) : they received the host but not the consecrated wine.

ordain (someone) to a sacred office, typically that of bishop:

〈人〉を(司教･司祭などの)聖職に任命する

e.g. with object and complement : in 1969 he was consecrated bishop of Northern Uganda.

informal devote (something) exclusively to a particular purpose:

【主義･目的に】〈一身･一生など〉をささげる «to»

e.g. they'd decided to consecrate all their energies to this purposeful act.

consecrator |ˈkänsəˌkrādər| noun

consecratory |-krəˌtôrē| adjective

late Middle English: from Latin consecrat- ‘dedicated, devoted as sacred’, from the verb consecrare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + sacrare ‘dedicate’, from sacer ‘sacred’.