Antonyms for consecrate
ˈkɒn sɪˌkreɪtcon·se·crate

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1. consecrateverb

   Antonyms:
   desecrate, defile

2. consecrateverb

   Antonyms:
   desecrate, defile

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1. consecrate

   Antonyms:
   desecrate, secularize, profane

   Synonyms:
   dedicate, devote, enshrine, hallow, sanctify

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1. • Dedicate

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1. consecrated, consecrate, dedicatedverb

   solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose

   "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"

   Antonyms:
   unhallow, deconsecrate, desecrate

   Synonyms:
   consecrated, sanctified, dedicated, sacred

2. ordain, consecrate, ordinate, orderverb

   appoint to a clerical posts

   "he was ordained in the Church"

   Antonyms:
   deconsecrate, unhallow, desecrate

   Synonyms:
   align, sanctify, govern, put, ordain, dedicate, set up, rate, enact, arrange, give, devote, grade, dictate, ordinate, bless, say, rank, coordinate, range, enjoin, hallow, regularise, commit, regulate, vow, tell, order, prescribe, place, regularize

3. give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devoteverb

   give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

   "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"

   Antonyms:
   desecrate, deconsecrate, unhallow

   Synonyms:
   commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, institutionalize, place, put, impart, pass on, perpetrate, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, vow, fall in, make, pay, charge, throw, sanctify, gift, kick in, feed, ordinate, break, institutionalise, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, devote, hold, ordain, pass, render, intrust, hallow, practice, sacrifice, yield, turn over, send, confide, leave, invest, give way, bless, generate, contribute, entrust, trust, pull, afford, order, hand

4. vow, consecrateverb

   dedicate to a deity by a vow

   Antonyms:
   desecrate, deconsecrate, unhallow

   Synonyms:
   hallow, give, dedicate, commit, ordinate, bless, sanctify, vow, order, ordain, devote

5. consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctifyverb

   render holy by means of religious rites

   Antonyms:
   unhallow, deconsecrate, desecrate

   Synonyms:
   purify, hallow, give, dedicate, sign, commit, ordinate, bless, sanctify, vow, order, ordain, devote, purge

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1. consecrateverb

   Synonyms:
   dedicate, sanctify, hallow

How to use consecrate in a sentence?

1. John Dewey:

   Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it.

2. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

   When I consecrate a new church in the Archdiocese, I often point to the altar and explain that the altar in every Catholic Church is the center of the universe, because Christ is the center of history.

3. Gregory Aymond:

   His desecration of the altar was demonic, i am infuriated by his actions. When the details became clear, we had the altar removed and burned. I will consecrate a new altar tomorrow.

4. John Dewey:

   Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves to the current view of the world and consecrate it.

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