"consecrate" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means to make something holy or sacred, often referring to a place or object. You can use it when referring to a physical or spiritual transformation in order to make something special or sacred. Example sentence: The priest consecrated the new church during a special ceremony.
This image is of a nation largely united in relief at the Brothers' abrupt exit, proud of its army and police, and scornful of the malingering few, including foreign journalists, who question the wisdom of Egypt's chosen path.The presidential elections set to unfold on May 26th and 27th look sure to consecrate this image.
As he leaves, they are preparing to consecrate new ground.
Yet loyalist politicians let themselves be placated by a vague promise that the issue would be looked into by Lebanon's new president.So the March 14th alliance appears to have beaten a diplomatic retreat that, while helping Hizbullah to consecrate its armed presence, is likely to spare Lebanon more immediate trouble.
When the Ivorian government invited Pope John Paul II to consecrate it in 1990, he voiced mild displeasure but agreed to come on one condition: a hospital for the poor was to be built next door.
Conservative prophets of doom saw a slippery slope that would ultimately oblige Anglicans, Catholics and others to consecrate same-sex unions on their premises.
Yet, perhaps because the issue is so sensitive, loyalist politicians let themselves be placated by a vague promise that the issue would be looked into by Lebanon's new president.So the pro-Western March 14th alliance appears to have beaten a diplomatic retreat that, while helping Hizbullah to consecrate its armed presence, is likely to spare Lebanon more immediate trouble.
Shrines consecrate a holy place for its miraculous character or for its association with the life of the founder, gods, or saints of a cult.
Their purpose has been to consecrate the ground by establishing the beneficent presence of the sacred order and by repelling or rendering harmless the demonical powers of the place.
Following papal bans against lay lords investing churchmen with their lands and against churchmen rendering homage to laymen, Anselm refused to consecrate bishops whom Henry had invested and declined to do homage to Henry himself.
Bishops of the U.S. Episcopal Church rejected demands from primates of other churches in the Anglican Communion that they pledge not to consecrate more gay bishops and not to permit the blessing of same-sex unions.
In order to consecrate such offerings, a priest of ancient Egypt touched them with a sceptre (kherep).
