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Honour vs Consecrate - What's the difference?

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Honour is a related term of consecrate.


As a proper noun honour

is , a less common spelling of honor.

As a verb consecrate is

to declare, or otherwise make something holy.

As an adjective consecrate is

consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

honour

English

Noun

  • * 1902 , Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible , Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
    • Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour .
  • * (rfdate), Shakespeare:
    • If she have forgot / Honour and virtue.
  • * (rfdate), Milton:
    • Godlike erect, with native honour clad.

    Verb

    (en verb)

    • 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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