BLESS vs CONSECRATE: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Dedicated to a sacred purpose; sanctified.
- Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
- Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
BLESS vs CONSECRATE: VERB
- Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- Render holy by means of religious rites
- Confer prosperity or happiness on
- To make something blessed, to confer blessing upon.
- (past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- Give a benediction to
- Render holy by means of religious rites
- Appoint to a clerical posts
- Dedicate to a deity by a vow
- Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- To declare, or otherwise make something holy.
BLESS vs CONSECRATE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
- To guard; to keep; to protect.
- To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
- To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
- To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate.
- To endow, as with talent.
- To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
- To favor or endow with; to be favored or endowed with.
- To invoke divine favor upon:
- To make the sign of the cross over.
- To honor as holy; glorify.
- To confer well-being or prosperity on.
- To secure, defend, or preserve from.
- An exclamation of surprise.
- To wave; to brandish.
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
- To make holy by religious rite; sanctify.
- To set apart to a sacred office.
- 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.
- To make venerable; hallow.
- To dedicate solemnly to a service or goal. : devote.
- To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops.
- To sanctify (bread and wine) for Eucharistic use through a ritual regarded by some Christian churches as effecting transubstantiation.
- To declare or set apart as sacred.
- To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify.
- To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
BLESS vs CONSECRATE: INTERJECTION
- Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement.
- N/A
BLESS vs CONSECRATE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To ejaculate “Bless me,” “God bless me,” or the like.
- [Often used in exclamations with various shades of meaning departing more or less widely from the literal sense: as, God bless me! bless you! bless the mark! etc.]
- Consecrate
- To esteem or account happy; congratulate; felicitate: used reflexively.
- As the giver of benefits; extol or glorify with thankful acknowledgment of benefits received.
- To praise or extol as holy or worthy of reverence, or
- To favor (with); make happy or fortunate by some specified means: as, blessed with a good constitution; blessed with filial children.
- To confer well-being upon; bestow happiness, prosperity, or good of any kind upon; make happy, prosperous, or fortunate; prosper with temporal or spiritual benefits: as, a nation blessed with peace and plenty.
- To invoke or pronounce a blessing upon (another or others); commend to God's favor or protection.
- To defend; preserve; protect or guard from evil; reflexively, to guard one's self from; avoid; eschew.
- To sanctify (one's self) by making the sign of the cross, especially as a defense against evil influences or agencies: used reflexively.
- To consecrate or set apart to holy or sacred purposes; make or pronounce holy: formerly occasionally used of persons.
- [Appar. a deflection of sense Some fancy that it refers to “the old rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all parts of it” (see bless).] To wave; brandish.
- To wound; hurt; beat; thump.
- To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, as with prayer and thanksgiving; consecrate or hallow by asking God's blessing on: as, to bless food.
- (idiom) (bless you) Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.
- Sacred; consecrated; devoted; dedicated.
- To make or declare sacred with certain ceremonies or rites; appropriate to sacred uses or employments; set apart, dedicate, or devote to the service of the Deity: as, to consecrate a church; to consecrate the eucharistic elements. See consecration, 1.
- Specifically, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, to initiate solemnly into the order of bishops, as a priest. See consecration, . To devote or dedicate from profound feeling or a religious motive: as, his life was consecrated to the service of the poor.
- To make revered or worshiped, or highly regarded; hallow: as, a custom consecrated by time.
- To place among the gods; apotheosize.
- To enroll among the saints; canonize.
BLESS vs CONSECRATE: RELATED WORDS
- Wade, Save, Yer, Praise, Protect, Glorify, Sir, Dedicate, Love, Thank, God, Sign, Hallow, Consecrate, Sanctify
- Embody, Immortalize, Dedicate, Enshrine, Rededicate, Anoint, Order, Dedicated, Vow, Votive, Hallow, Ordained, Bless, Sanctify, Ordain
BLESS vs CONSECRATE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Wade, Save, Yer, Praise, Protect, Glorify, Sir, Dedicate, Love, Thank, God, Sign, Hallow, Consecrate, Sanctify
- Allocate, Embody, Immortalize, Dedicate, Enshrine, Anoint, Order, Dedicated, Vow, Votive, Hallow, Ordained, Bless, Sanctify, Ordain
BLESS vs CONSECRATE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- God bless our native land, Her homes and children bless, Oh may she ever stand For truth and righteousness.
- God bless you, and God bless the great state of Illinois.
- God bless you, and God bless the great state of Oklahoma!
- May God bless you richly throughout your life, as you bless Him.
- God bless you and God bless Enterprise State for the years to come.
- God bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America.
- God bless our parish, may God bless our city, and may God bless the United States of America.
- Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse them.
- Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
- God bless El Assico, and God bless the state of Iowa for continuing to bless us with its bounty of shit.
- It is a time to consecrate your mouth unto Me.
- As a term of the mystery religions consecrate, initiate pass.
- ANT: Use, employ, devote, dedicate, consecrate, solemnize, sanctify, purify, reconcile.
- As incense it may be used to consecrate magical tools.
- You shall consecrate them, that they may be most.
- That same day he is to consecrate his head.
- Set bounds about the mountain, and consecrate it!
- What does the Hebrew word for consecrate mean?
- Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will wonders!
- Set bounds about the mountain and consecrate it.
BLESS vs CONSECRATE: QUESTIONS
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- What does consecrate mean in the Gettysburg Address?