consecrate

English

Verb

consecrate (third-person singular simple present consecrates, present participle consecrating, simple past and past participle consecrated)

1. To declare, or otherwise make something holy.
   • 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"

     But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

Antonyms

• desecrate
• defile

Translations

to declare, or otherwise make something holy

Bulgarian: освещавам (bg) Czech: zasvětit (cs) Esperanto: konsekri (eo) French: consacrer (fr) German: weihen (de) Greek: αγιάζω (el) (aγiázo)

Hebrew: לקדש (he) Icelandic: helga (is) Norwegian: konsekrere (no) Scottish Gaelic: coisrig (gd) Spanish: consagrar (es)

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Latin

Verb

cōnsecrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsecrō