Consecrate vs Enshrine - What's the difference?
consecrate | enshrine |
To declare, or otherwise make something holy.
* 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
* Francis Bacon
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
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)- 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 * defileAdjective
(en adjective)- They were assembled in that consecrate place.
enshrine
English
Verb
(enshrin)- Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law.