Consecrate
Consecrate , adjective
[Latin consceratus, past participle of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
They were assembled in that consecrate place.
Consecrate , transitive verb
1.
To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.
One day in the week is... consecrated to a holy rest.
2.
To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.
Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
3.
To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
4.
To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time. — Burke