לדלג לתוכן הראשי

adjective

consecrate

solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose

In a sentence

Six example sentences with consecrate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The chapel floor was laid over consecrated ground, so the builders were forbidden to move a single old marker.

    Architecture

  • Pilgrims walked for weeks to reach a consecrated hill where kings had been crowned for four hundred years.

    History

  • The novel closes in a consecrated garden where the villagers bury their dead and no one raises a voice.

    Literature

  • The abbey's choir school treats the chapel as consecrated space, and rehearsals there begin and end in silence.

    Music

  • The altarpiece was painted for a consecrated chapel, and the museum that owns it now hangs it at the original height.

    Art

  • Visitors must remove their shoes before stepping onto the consecrated floor of the shrine, even in winter.

    Travel

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