Consecrated vs Dedicate - What's the difference?
consecrated | dedicate |
(consecrate)
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 set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
To set apart for a special use
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
To show to the public for the first time
(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
* Shakespeare
* (George Henry Calvert)
As verbs the difference between consecrated and dedicate
is that consecrated is (consecrate) while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.As an adjective dedicate is
(obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.consecrated
English
Verb
(head)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.
dedicate
English
Verb
(dedicat)- dedicated their money to scientific research.
- dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
- dedicate a monument.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Dedicate to nothing temporal.
- His life is dedicate to worthiness.