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Consecrate vs Enshrine - What's the difference?

consecrate | enshrine |

As verbs the difference between consecrate and enshrine

is that consecrate is to declare, or otherwise make something holy while enshrine is to enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.

As an adjective consecrate

is consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

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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    enshrine

    English

    Verb

    (enshrin)
  • To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
  • To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 256:
  • *:At the centre of Muhammad's achievement was the extraordinary poetry which enshrined his revelations.
  • To protect an idea, ideal, or philosophy within an official law or treaty
  • Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law.