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<hw>Con*scrip"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.</def>

<h1>Consecrate</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"se*crate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consceratus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>conscerare</ets> to conscerate; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>sacrare</ets> to consecrate, <ets>sacer</ets> sacred. See <er>Sacred</er>.]</ety> <def>Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.</def>

<blockquote>They were assembled in that <b>consecrate</b> place. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consecrate</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"se*crate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Consecrated</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Consecrating</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; <as>as, to <ex>consecrate</ex> a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.</as></def>

<blockquote>One day in the week is . . . <b>consecrated</b> to a holy rest. <i>Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To set apart to a sacred office; <as>as, to <ex>consecrate</ex> a bishop</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Thou shalt <b>consecrate</b> Aaron and his sons. <i>Ex. xxix. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; <as>as, rules or principles <ex>consecrated</ex> by time</as>.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Addict</er>.</syn>

<h1>Consecrater</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"se*cra`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Consecrator.</def>

<h1>Consecration</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con`se*cra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consecratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cons\'82cration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.</def>

<blockquote>Until the days of your <b>consecration</b> be at an end. <i>Lev. viii. 33.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Consecration</b> makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consecrator</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"se*cra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>consecrater</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Consecratory</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"se*cra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>consecratory</b> prayer. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consectaneous</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con`sec*ta"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consectaneus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Following as a matter of course.</def>

<i>Blount.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consectary</h1> <Xpage=306>