Consecrate vs X - What's the difference?
consecrate | x |
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
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
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As a verb consecrate
is to declare, or otherwise make something holy.As an adjective consecrate
is consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.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.