All consecrate synonyms
con·se·crate
C c verb consecrate
- bless — When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- ordain — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- beatify — When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step towards making them a saint.
- anoint — To anoint someone means to put oil or water on a part of their body, usually for religious reasons.
- devote — If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
- hallow — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- venerate — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- honour — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.