consecrate

Significado de consecrate

adj.

Sagrar, dedicar, consagrar, benzer.

v. t.

To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.
To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.
To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time

adj.

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