"consecrate" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒnsəkɹət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑnsəkɹət/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-consecrate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-consecrate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more consecrate [comparative], most consecrate [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnsecrāre, cōnsecrātus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cōnsecrāre}} Latin cōnsecrāre, {{m|la|cōnsecrātus}} cōnsecrātus Head templates: {{en-adj}} consecrate (comparative more consecrate, superlative most consecrate)
  1. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
    Sense id: en-consecrate-en-adj-RJcZEOIl

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑnsəkɹeɪt/ [General-American] Forms: consecrates [present, singular, third-person], consecrating [participle, present], consecrated [participle, past], consecrated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnsecrāre, cōnsecrātus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cōnsecrāre}} Latin cōnsecrāre, {{m|la|cōnsecrātus}} cōnsecrātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} consecrate (third-person singular simple present consecrates, present participle consecrating, simple past and past participle consecrated)
  1. (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure. Tags: transitive Synonyms: behallow, hallow, consecrate Translations (declare holy, or make holy by some procedure): قَدَّسَ (qaddasa) (Arabic), освещавам (osveštavam) (Bulgarian), 奉為神聖 (Chinese Mandarin), 奉为神圣 (fèngwéi shénshèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 成為聖潔 (Chinese Mandarin), 成为圣洁 (chéngwéi shèngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 使聖化 (Chinese Mandarin), 使圣化 (shǐ shènghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 開光 (Chinese Mandarin), 开光 (kāiguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), zasvětit (Czech), konsekri (Esperanto), pyhittää (Finnish), consacrer (French), weihen (German), 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan) (Gothic), αγιάζω (agiázo) (Greek), קידש \ קִדֵּשׁ (kidésh) (Hebrew), szentel (Hungarian), felszentel (Hungarian), megszentel (Hungarian), helga (Icelandic), konsekracar (Ido), menahbiskan (Indonesian), sanciō (Latin), consecrō (Latin), weien (Luxembourgish), осветува (osvetuva) (Macedonian), പവിത്രീകരിക്കുക (pavitrīkarikkuka) (Malayalam), whakatapu (Maori), whakataputapu (Maori), sacren (Middle English), konsekrere (Norwegian), święcić [imperfective] (Polish), poświęcić [perfective] (Polish), consagrar (Portuguese), willkachay (Quechua), освяща́ть (osvjaščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), освяти́ть (osvjatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), coisrig (Scottish Gaelic), naomhaich (Scottish Gaelic), consagrar (Spanish), tambuim (Tok Pisin), висвя́чувати (vysvjáčuvaty) (Ukrainian), ви́святити (výsvjatyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), освя́чувати (osvjáčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), освяти́ти (osvjatýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), cysegru (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-consecrate-en-verb-9voHJjjD Disambiguation of 'declare holy, or make holy by some procedure': 85 2 12
  2. (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop. Tags: specifically, transitive Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism, Religion
    Sense id: en-consecrate-en-verb-ziKO-SW- Disambiguation of Religion: 44 0 56 0 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
  3. (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-consecrate-en-verb-WimrUoDv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 13 7 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: consecrate a Buddha image Related terms: consecration

Verb [Latin]

Forms: cōnsecrāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=cōnsecrāte}} cōnsecrāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsecrō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: cōnsecrō
    Sense id: en-consecrate-la-verb-EDtnNYQn Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "consecrō"
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          "lang": "Middle English",
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          "word": "sacren"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "word": "konsekrere"
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          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "święcić"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 2 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "word": "consagrar"
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          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "word": "willkachay"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osvjaščátʹ",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "освяща́ть"
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          "_dis1": "85 2 12",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "osvjatítʹ",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
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        {
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "word": "coisrig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 12",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "word": "naomhaich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "word": "consagrar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 12",
          "code": "tpi",
          "lang": "Tok Pisin",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "word": "tambuim"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vysvjáčuvaty",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "word": "висвя́чувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 2 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výsvjatyty",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ви́святити"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "osvjáčuvaty",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "osvjatýty",
          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "освяти́ти"
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          "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
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      "roman": "kāiguāng",
      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "zasvětit"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "konsekri"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "pyhittää"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "consacrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "weihen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "weihan",
      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "αγιάζω"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "קידש \\ קִדֵּשׁ"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "sacren"
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "coisrig"
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      "word": "naomhaich"
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      "code": "tpi",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "declare holy, or make holy by some procedure",
      "word": "cysegru"
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      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "cōnsecrō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsecrō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cōnsecrō",
          "consecro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "consecrate"
}

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