Consecrate

kon′se-krāt, v.t. to set apart for a holy use: to render holy or venerable; to hallow; to devote.— adj. consecrated: devoted: sanctified.— ns. Con′sec rated ne ; Consecrā′tion , the act of devoting to a sacred use; Con′secrator .— adj. Con′secratory , making sacred. [L. consecrāre , -ātum , to make wholly sacred— con , and sacrāre , to set apart as sacred— sacer , sacred.]