What is another word for consecrate?
Synonyms for consecrate
ˈkɒn sɪˌkreɪtcon·se·crate
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
consecrated, sanctified, dedicated, sacredAntonyms:
unhallow, deconsecrate, desecrateordain, consecrate, ordinate, orderverb
appoint to a clerical posts
"he was ordained in the Church"
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, regularizeAntonyms:
deconsecrate, unhallow, desecrategive, 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"
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, handAntonyms:
desecrate, deconsecrate, unhallowvow, consecrateverb
dedicate to a deity by a vow
Synonyms:
hallow, give, dedicate, commit, ordinate, bless, sanctify, vow, order, ordain, devoteAntonyms:
desecrate, deconsecrate, unhallowconsecrate, bless, hallow, sanctifyverb
render holy by means of religious rites
Synonyms:
purify, hallow, give, dedicate, sign, commit, ordinate, bless, sanctify, vow, order, ordain, devote, purgeAntonyms:
unhallow, deconsecrate, desecrate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
consecrateverb
Synonyms:
dedicate, devote, hallow, sanctify, ordain, set apart as sacred, appropriate to sacred uses
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "consecrate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#26 | have | |
#132 | make | |
#173 | order | |
#233 | send | |
#280 | sign | |
#283 | open | |
#316 | place | |
#352 | rate | |
#357 | return | |
#496 | say | |
#555 | give | |
#591 | gift | |
#599 | pay | |
#605 | range | |
#644 | hand | |
#679 | put | |
#723 | tell | |
#805 | present | |
#956 | practice | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1293 | feed | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1495 | trust | |
#1518 | grade | |
#1618 | break | |
#1732 | grant | |
#2219 | rank | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2370 | dedicated | |
#3085 | establish | |
#3410 | contribute | |
#3810 | pull | |
#3965 | generate | |
#4105 | commit | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4557 | yield | |
#5672 | founder | |
#6020 | afford | |
#6187 | invest | |
#6510 | sacred | |
#6989 | coordinate | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7475 | arrange | |
#9280 | sacrifice | |
#9493 | align | |
#9495 | bless | |
#9759 | render | |
#11761 | regulate | |
#12982 | govern | |
#17529 | prescribe | |
#20131 | devote | |
#20832 | dictate | |
#21908 | purge | |
#22955 | enact | |
#24560 | vow | |
#26228 | dedicate | |
#27523 | ordinate | |
#32596 | impart | |
#36357 | purify | |
#39367 | entrust | |
#39501 | consecrated | |
#49513 | sanctified | |
#64354 | enjoin | |
#69751 | confide | |
#70462 | sanctify | |
#73610 | ordain | |
#82104 | hallow | |
#85968 | institutionalize | |
#89565 | perpetrate | |
#92642 | consecrate | |
#119253 | intrust | |
#123821 | enshrine | |
#171345 | regularize | |
#175216 | immortalize | |
#230878 | institutionalise | |
#257419 | regularise |
How to use consecrate in a sentence?
Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it.
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.
Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves to the current view of the world and consecrate it.
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.
Translations for consecrate
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- كرسArabic
- освещавамBulgarian
- zasvětitCzech
- weihenGerman
- αγιάζωGreek
- konsekriEsperanto
- consagrarSpanish
- pyhittääFinnish
- consacrerFrench
- coisrig, naomhaichScottish Gaelic
- לקדשHebrew
- helgaIcelandic
- 奉献するJapanese
- whakataputapu, whakatapuMāori
- wijdenDutch
- konsekrereNorwegian
- consagrarPortuguese
- willkachayQuechua
- освятить, освящатьRussian
- పవిత్రంTelugu
- קאַנסאַקרייטYiddish
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