consecrate
con- (expressing intensive force) + sacrare ‘dedicate’, from sacer ‘sacred’
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verb with object (usu be consecrated)
make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose:
(特別な儀式で)〈建物･土地･物など〉を神聖にする, 清める, 神にささげる, 聖別する (!しばしば受け身で)
e.g. the present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845
e.g. (as adjective consecrated) : consecrated ground.
(in Christian belief) make (bread or wine) into the body or blood of Christ:
聖餐式において、聖体の感謝聖別が行なわれる。パンと赤葡萄酒は、聖別を受けた後は、キリストの肉と血へと変化し聖体となる。礼拝に参加している信徒はこれを拝領することになる。
e.g. (as adjective consecrated) : they received the host but not the consecrated wine.
ordain (someone) to a sacred office, typically that of bishop:
〈人〉を(司教･司祭などの)聖職に任命する
e.g. with object and complement : in 1969 he was consecrated bishop of Northern Uganda.
informal devote (something) exclusively to a particular purpose:
【主義･目的に】〈一身･一生など〉をささげる «to»
e.g. they'd decided to consecrate all their energies to this purposeful act.
DERIVATIVES
consecrator |ˈkänsəˌkrādər| noun
consecratory |-krəˌtôrē| adjective
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Latin consecrat- ‘dedicated, devoted as sacred’, from the verb consecrare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + sacrare ‘dedicate’, from sacer ‘sacred’.