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Consecrate vs Hode - What's the difference?

consecrate | hode |

As verbs the difference between consecrate and hode

is that consecrate is to declare, or otherwise make something holy while hode is to ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.

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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    hode

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
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