verb
- Appoint to a clerical posts.
- usage: "he was ordained in the Church"
- synonyms: ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
- Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
- usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
- Dedicate to a deity by a vow.
- synonyms: vow, consecrate
- Render holy by means of religious rites.
- synonyms: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
adjective
- Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose.
- usage: "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
- synonyms: consecrate, dedicated
- Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use.
- usage: "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine"
- synonyms: sacred, sanctified
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