consecrate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsəkɹət/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑnsəkɹət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑnsəkɹeɪt/
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First attested in the late 14th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consecrat(e) (“consecrated”), used as the past participle of consecraten (“to dedicate, consecrate (an altar, church); to ordain (a bishop), anoint (a king, a pope); to devote one to religious life”); see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Regular participial usage up until Early Modern English.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *seh2k- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *sh2krós Proto-Italic *sakros Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *sakrāō Latin sacrō Latin cōnsecrōbor. Middle English consecraten English consecrate First attested in the late 14th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consecraten (“to dedicate, consecrate (an altar, church); to ordain (a bishop), anoint (a king, a pope); to devote one to religious life”), from consecrat(e) (“consecrated”, used as the past participle of consecraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin cōnsecrātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsecrāre, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَدَّسَ (qaddasa) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Bulgarian: освещавам (osveštavam) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Chinese Mandarin: 祝聖 /祝圣 (zhùshèng) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Chinese Mandarin: 開光 /开光 (kāiguāng) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Czech: zasvětit — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Esperanto: konsekri — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Finnish: pyhittää — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• French: consacrer — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• German: weihen — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Greek: αγιάζω (agiázo) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Hawaiian: hoʻokapu — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Hebrew: קידש \ קִדֵּשׁ (kidésh) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Hungarian: szentel — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Hungarian: felszentel — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Hungarian: megszentel — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Icelandic: helga — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Ido: konsekracar — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Indonesian: menahbiskan — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Irish: coisric — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Latin: sanciō — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Latin: consecrō — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Luxembourgish: weien — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Macedonian: осветува (osvetuva) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Malayalam: പവിത്രീകരിക്കുക (pavitrīkarikkuka) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Māori: whakatapu — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Māori: whakataputapu — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Middle English: sacren — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Norwegian: konsekrere — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Polish: święcić — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Polish: poświęcić — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Portuguese: consagrar — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Quechua: willkachay — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Russian: освяща́ть (osvjaščátʹ) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Russian: освяти́ть (osvjatítʹ) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Scottish Gaelic: coisrig — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Scottish Gaelic: naomhaich — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Slovene: posvetiti — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Spanish: consagrar — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Swedish: helga — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Tok Pisin: tambuim — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Turkish: kutsamak — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Turkish: adamak — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Turkish: kutsallaştırmak — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Turkish: kutsal kılmak — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Ukrainian: висвя́чувати (vysvjáčuvaty) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Ukrainian: ви́святити (výsvjatyty) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Ukrainian: освя́чувати (osvjáčuvaty) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Ukrainian: освяти́ти (osvjatýty) — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure
• Welsh: cysegru — declare holy, or make holy by some procedure