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• v  appoint to a clerical posts
• v  give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
• v  dedicate to a deity by a vow
• v  render holy by means of religious rites
• a  solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
  a life consecrated to science
  the consecrated chapel
• s  made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
  a consecrated church

• ordain
• consecrate
• ordinate
• order
• give
• dedicate
• commit
• devote
• vow
• bless
• hallow
• sanctify
• dedicated
• sacred
• sanctified

• desecrate
• desecrated

News & Articles

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• St. Cecilia's pastor in Beaverton hoping for the return of missing tabernacle
  On Thursday, someone entered the private devotional building off Southwest Franklin and Southwest Fifth Street and, beneath a crucifix, pried the gold- and brass-lined Tabernacle off the wooden altar it had been bolted to. It houses the consecrated elements of communion.
  June 21, 2013 - The Oregonian
• 8/28/11 Mary Stiller, Rev. Patrick Baikauskas
  Mary Stiller, a consecrated virgin, speaks with Rev. Patrick Baikauskas prior to the Aug. 28, 2011 Mass on the Grass. Stiller, 81, died on June 16, 2013, of cancer.
  June 19, 2013 - The Purdue Exponent
• Purdue and the Catholic church lose an especially warm heart
  Mary Stiller, a consecrated virgin, speaks with Rev. Patrick Baikauskas prior to the Aug. 28, 2011 Mass on the Grass. Stiller, 81, died on June 16, 2013, of cancer.
  June 19, 2013 - The Purdue Exponent

Quotes

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• Abraham Lincoln in WeHo News
  As Abraham Lincoln said at Gettysburg, the brave "have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."
• Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney Morning Herald
  I address this plea in a special way to those of you whom the Lord is calling to the priesthood and the consecrated life,the Pope said. "Do not be afraid to say 'yes' to Jesus to find your joy in doing his will, giving yourself completely...
• Russell Crowe in Forbes
  It is consecrated and everything,Crowe says in the magazine's December issue, now on newsstands. "Charlie was baptized there. And when Tennyson gets baptized there, I will, too."