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consecrate /ˈkɒnsɪkreɪt/

▶verb

1 make or declare sacred.
■ (in Christian belief) declare (bread or wine) to be or represent the body and blood of Christ.

2 ordain to a sacred office, typically that of bishop.

– derivatives
consecration noun,
consecrator noun,
consecratory adjective.

– origin ME: from L. consecrat-, consecrare ‘dedicate, devote as sacred’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + sacrare ‘dedicate’, from sacer ‘sacred’.

'consecrated' also found in these Oxford entries:

altar - ampulla - August - august - blessed - chrism - communion - credence - elevate - Eucharist - host - lunette - monstrance - Nazirite - pyx - sacrament - sacring bell - species - superaltar - temple - unconsecrated - unhallowed - Vestal Virgin - votive

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