Consecrate vs Purify - What's the difference?
consecrate | purify |
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 cleanse (something), or rid (it) of impurities
To free (someone) from guilt or sin
As verbs the difference between consecrate and purify
is that consecrate is to declare, or otherwise make something holy while purify is to cleanse (something), or rid (it) of impurities.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.