consecrate

verb (consecrates, consecrated, consecrating)

«consecrate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To consecrate something is to make it holy by a religious ceremony. tree →
(formal) To consecrate a thing or a person is to give it wholly to a purpose. tree →

In the lessons

in the lessons, to make a place, a bond or a deed holy, or to dedicate someone to a cause

Examples

The bishop will consecrate the new church. tree →
She consecrated her life to helping the sick. tree →
Their bond of friendship was consecrated by a ceremony. tree →
The king consecrated the bridge with a prayer. tree →

Note

nothing for maths.

In Jewish tradition

Aaron and his sons were consecrated as priests during seven days of rites using anointing oil, blood and offerings. Ezekiel also describes seven days to consecrate the altar, and David asks who will willingly consecrate himself to the LORD.

Interpretation. Consecration marks the priests as set apart from ordinary use and able to serve in the Tabernacle. The seven days are a model for how the priesthood began. Tradition reads the later verses as showing that things and people, even an altar or a Temple, can be made holy by dedication.

Examples

And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou consecrate them. (Torah EXO.29.35, JPS 1917) tree →
And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. (Torah EXO.29.33, JPS 1917) tree →
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration be fulfilled; for He shall consecrate you seven days. (Torah LEV.8.33, JPS 1917) tree →
Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto the LORD?' (Writings 1CH.29.5, JPS 1917) tree →
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so shall they consecrate it. (Prophets EZK.43.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths.

Early Modern English

Meaning

To make something holy, or set it apart for God, often by a ceremony. tree →

Then and now

Today it means making something holy by a religious ceremony. The second sentence uses it for making a deed holy or sacred, which today's English would not say.

Examples

And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou consecrate them. (Torah EXO.29.35, JPS 1917) tree →
Your sister Anastasia is the most beautiful and most innocent of maidens, and she shall consecrate the deed. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. (Torah EXO.29.33, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: make holy, set apart as sacred.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «consecrate» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«consecrate» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «consecrate» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«consecrate» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «consecrate» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«consecrate» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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