Thesaurus:consecrate

Thesaurus

consecrate

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to declare or make holy

Synonyms

• behallow
• bless
• canonize
• consecrate
• dedicate
• hallow
• inaugurate (archaic, rare)
• martyr
• sacralize
• saint
• sanctify

Antonyms

• deconsecrate
• desacralize
• desecrate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• profane
• uncanonize
• unbless
• unhallow
• unsaint

Further reading

• “987. piety” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “consecrate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.