Consecrating
Consecrating tanım:
Kelime: 2consecrateİşlev: transitive verb
Türleri: -crat·ed; -crat·ing
Kökeni: Middle English, from Latin consecratus, past participle of consecrare, from com- sacrare to consecrate -- more at SACRED
1 : to induct (a person) into a permanent office with a religious rite; especially : to ordain to the office of bishop
2 a : to make or declare sacred; especially : to devote irrevocably to the worship of God by a solemn ceremony b : to effect the liturgical transubstantiation of (eucharistic bread and wine) c : to devote to a purpose with or as if with deep solemnity or dedication
3 : to make inviolable or venerable principles consecrated by the weight of history
synonym see DEVOTE
- con·se·cra·tive
/-"krA-tiv/ adjective- con·se·cra·tor
/-"krA-t&r/ noun- con·se·cra·to·ry
/'kän(t)-si-kr&-"tOr-E, -"tor-, -"krA-t&-rE/ adjective