Blessed vs Consecrated - What's the difference?

blessed | consecrated |

As verbs the difference between blessed and consecrated

is that blessed is past tense of bless while consecrated is past tense of consecrate.

As an adjective blessed

is having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

As a proper noun Blessed

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blessed

English

Alternative forms

* (poetic), blest (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

* 1611 , King James Bible , Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

Held in veneration; revered.

Worthy of worship; holy.

(informal) An intensifier; damned.

Not one blessed person offered to help me out.

Synonyms

* (revered) revered, venerated, worship(p)ed * (holy) hallowed, holy, sacred

Antonyms

* condemned, cursed, damned * (revered) contemned, despised, scorned * (holy) profane, unhallowed, unholy

Derived terms

* blessed event

Verb

(head)

(bless)

Anagrams

* English heteronyms

consecrated

English

Verb

(head)

(consecrate)

consecrate

English

Verb

(consecrat)

To declare, or otherwise make something holy.

* 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate', we can not hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have ' consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

Synonyms

* * * (l)

Antonyms

* desecrate * defile

Adjective

(en adjective)

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

* Francis Bacon

They were assembled in that consecrate place.

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