consecrator

con·se·crate

 (kŏn′sĭ-krāt′)

tr.v. con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates

1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church.

2. Christianity

a. To sanctify (bread and wine) for Eucharistic use through a ritual regarded by some Christian churches as effecting transubstantiation.

b. To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops.

3. To dedicate solemnly to a service or goal. See Synonyms at devote.

4. To make venerable; hallow: a tradition consecrated by time.

adj.

Dedicated to a sacred purpose; sanctified.

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[Middle English consecraten, from Latin cōnsecrāre, cōnsecrāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sacrāre, to make sacred (from sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sak- in Indo-European roots).]

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con′se·cra′tive adj.

con′se·cra′tor n.

con′se·cra·to′ry (-krə-tôr′ē) adj.