资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consecrate \Con"se*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consecrated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Consecrating}.]
   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.                                 --Sharp.

   2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a
      bishop.

            Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. --Ex.
                                                  xxix. 9.

   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.

   Syn: See {Addict}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

consecrated
     adj 1: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a
            life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated
            chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War
            II" [syn: {consecrate}, {dedicated}] [ant: {desecrated}]
     2: made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity
        or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated chursh";
        "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and
        wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: {sacred}, {sanctified}]