consecrated

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”

   Synonymsconsecratededicated

   Antonymsdesecrated

   Similarordainedvotive
2. 2.

   made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use

   “a consecrated church”

   “the sacred mosque”

   “sacred elephants”

   “sacred bread and wine”

   “sanctified wine”

   Synonymssacredsanctified

   Similarholy

Questions about consecrated

What does consecrated mean?

consecrated means "solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in consecrated?

consecrated has 4 syllables: con-se-cra-ted. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsəˌkɹeɪtɪd/.

What is another word for consecrated?

Close synonyms include consecrate, dedicated, sacred, sanctified. 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 consecrated?

The recorded antonyms are desecrated.

Is consecrated a common word?

consecrated 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 consecrated?

1 word rhymes with consecrated. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.