consecrative.
/kon-si-kreyt/US // ˈkɒn sɪˌkreɪt //UK // (ˈkɒnsɪˌkreɪt) //
虔诚的,献身性,献身,虔诚的人
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v.verb · 有主动词
- 1.
con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing.
- ›to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- ›to make an object of honor or veneration; hallow: a custom consecrated by time.
- ›to devote or dedicate to some purpose: a life consecrated to science.
- ›to admit or ordain to a sacred office, especially to the episcopate.
- ›to change into the Eucharist.
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
- ›consecrated; sacred
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Examples
Let his countrymen consecrate the memory of the heroic general, the patriotic statesman, and the virtuous sage.
These divinest poets consecrate the spot, and throw a reflected glory over the humblest of their companions.
For to what but to felicity should men consecrate themselves, were felicity a goddess?
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate it.
It is all consecrated but one thing, and I can't consecrate that.
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