different between consecrate vs sacrate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nsecr?re, c?nsecr?tus.

Pronunciation

• Verb
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?k?e?t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?k?e?t/
• Adjective
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?k??t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ns?k??t/
• Hyphenation: con?se?crate

Verb

consecrate (third-person singular simple present consecrates, present participle consecrating, simple past and past participle consecrated)

1. (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.

   Synonyms: behallow, hallow; see also Thesaurus:consecrate

   Antonyms: desecrate, defile; see also Thesaurus:desecrate
2. (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.

Related terms

• consecration

Translations

Adjective

consecrate (comparative more consecrate, superlative most consecrate)

1. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

   • They were assembled in that consecrate place.

Anagrams

• concreates

Latin

Verb

c?nsecr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?nsecr?

English

Verb

sacrate (third-person singular simple present sacrates, present participle sacrating, simple past and past participle sacrated)

1. (obsolete) To consecrate or dedicate

Adjective

sacrate (comparative more sacrate, superlative most sacrate)

1. (obsolete) consecrated; hallowed, sacred

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Caserta, acaters, car seat, carates, cat's ear, ectaras, rasceta, tear sac

Latin

Etymology

From sacr? (“consecrate, dedicate, devote”).

Adverb

sacr?t? (not comparable)

1. holily, piously
2. mysteriously, mystically

Related terms

References

• sacrate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacrate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette