consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.-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; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of god.-to set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.-to canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a roman emperor.-to render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.