Sentence examples for consecrate to from inspiring English sources

Consecrate, to apoynte a thinge to holy uses.

Pope predicted this, too, closing his epic with a wink of earned self-importance: "This lock the muse shall consecrate to fame, / And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name".

Thou wert as a lone star, whose light did shine On some frail bark in winter's midnight roar: Thou hast like to a rock-built refuge stood Above the blind and battling multitude: In honoured poverty thy voice did weave Songs consecrate to truth and liberty, --— Deserting these, thou leavest me to grieve, Thus having been, that thou shouldst cease to be.

Shelley's rebuke to Wordsworth who, after welcoming the French Revolution, retreated to a pastoral conservatism, expressed it well: In honoured poverty thy voice did weave Songs consecrate to truth and liberty, Deserting these, thou leavest me to grieve, Thus having been, that thou shouldst cease to be.

At the age of fourteen, he determined to consecrate himself to a life of timely escape.

He subsequently consecrated Roger as Bishop of Orkney, but refused to consecrate Thurgot to the see of St Andrews because Thurgot would not recognise the primacy of York.

They prayed before the stove daily, and created rangoli, artwork drawn around the stove to consecrate it, to make it a sacred object.

Nymphaeum, ancient Greek and Roman sanctuary consecrated to water nymphs.

Each level was consecrated to a special part of the service.

Only deities, or the architects of buildings consecrated to them, should rise to this level.

Despite George Washington and the cherry tree, we no longer have a society especially consecrated to truth.