Consecrate vs Glorify - What's the difference?
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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 exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone)
to make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is
to worship or extol
As verbs the difference between consecrate and glorify
is that consecrate is to declare, or otherwise make something holy while glorify is to exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone.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.