consecrate

1. 1.

   solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose

   “a life consecrated to science”

   “the consecrated chapel”

   “a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II”

   Synonymsconsecrateddedicated

   Similarordainedvotive

Other forms of consecrate

past tense

consecrated·

present participle

consecrating·

third person

consecrates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about consecrate

What does consecrate mean?

consecrate means "appoint to a clerical posts". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in consecrate?

consecrate has 3 syllables: con-se-crate. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsəˌkɹeɪt/.

What is another word for consecrate?

Close synonyms include ordain, ordinate, order, give, dedicate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of consecrate?

The recorded antonyms are desecrate.

Is consecrate a common word?

consecrate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with consecrate?

2 words rhyme with consecrate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.