In 1817, the churchyard was consecrated for burials. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Those who adopt the calling consecrate themselves to it by some religious ceremony, and ever after are connected with the temples. From Wordnik.com. [Due West or Round the World in Ten Months] Reference
Heck, we were warned before our wedding vows that the word is "consecrate", not "constipate". From Wordnik.com. [Lisa and Michael Littman: Oath and Variations] Reference
He remarks that the Hebrew verb to ban is sometimes rendered "consecrate": Micah iv. From Wordnik.com. [The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus] Reference
Oh! -- to the really 'consecrate' in heart and thought I could give my life so easily, so slavishly even!. From Wordnik.com. [Marcella] Reference
"A night of memories and sighs" he might "consecrate" to his lost lady love, as Landor did to Rose Aylmer. From Wordnik.com. [The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot] Reference
The root word would be 'consecrate' and you put before and after that word a lot of additions, creating this complex meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Wire] Reference
Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh?. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
When I consecrate my weakness I put on strength and majesty like a robe. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Will you not consecrate to its service a portion of the talent with which. From Wordnik.com. [Why and How : a hand-book for the use of the W.C.T. unions in Canada] Reference
Let us consecrate the cradle, and the good Lord will grow and nourish His saints. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
The rich young ruler consecrated a part, but was unwilling to consecrate the whole. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Jews who wished to consecrate their lives by stricter study and practice of the law. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
If you are as consecrated as you know how to consecrate, then that should be sufficient. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
But in a large sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
Seven days shall they expiate the altar, and shall cleanse it: and they shall consecrate it. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel The Challoner Revision] Reference
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
Ennom: that no man should consecrate there his son, or his daughter, through fire, to Moloch. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 12: 4 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
No priests were there to consecrate the ground or say a prayer over the cold limbs of the unknown. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Then he confronted me with this question, "Will you consecrate yourself to go out as a life-worker for me?". From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
I must not merely clap my hands when the King goes by, I must consecrate those hands in sacrificial service. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Quit thinking of the past; utterly dismiss it from mind, and calmly and deliberately consecrate, and mean it. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
Oh, how beautiful and reasonable to consecrate everything that our affections have held sacred and dear, to him. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctification] Reference
For instance, a person may consecrate all, have perfect faith, and receive the experience of entire sanctification. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Majesty, I consecrate myself wholly to Thee, to seek Thy glory in all ways possible to me, or to which Thou shalt call me. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
And thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
And if he vow the field of his possession, and consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be rated according to the measure of the seed. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
I will promise you, Monsieur, I will swear to you, to consecrate to you this sweet duty, and to consecrate to it all that is best in myself. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I now add this sacred commitment: I shall consecrate my office, my energies, and all the wisdom I can summon, to the cause of peace among nations. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.