Consecrated is an English word with synonyms like holy or sacred. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Consecrated meaning
simple past and past participle of consecrate
Synonyms of Consecrated
Using Consecrated
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of consecrate
- Useful related words include: holy, sacred, consecrate, dedicated.
- In the example corpus, consecrated often appears in combinations such as: was consecrated, consecrated in, consecrated by.
Context around Consecrated
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Consecrated
- In this selection, "consecrated" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cardinals, history, oil, life, let and oil stand out and add context to how "consecrated" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 14 she consecrated herself to and abbey was consecrated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "consecrated" sits close to words such as agro, apnu and appoints, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with consecrated
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1065, Westminster Abbey was consecrated. (6 words)
It was consecrated by Bishop John Travers Lewis on September 15, 1879. (12 words)
A new parish hall was built, and the church was consecrated in 1917. (13 words)
By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated a large number of the world's bishops, and ordained many priests. citation A key goal of his papacy was to transform and reposition the Catholic Church. (46 words)
And if we made it too passive, quickly passing on some fleeting cliches and good feelings, we would not be leveraging the specific ritual acts rooted in history, consecrated by history, which convey values not just stories, maintaining continuity. (39 words)
Perhaps the most somber liturgy of the year, the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion is not a Mass. No new hosts are consecrated during this liturgy, symbolizing the absence of the Lord in the tabernacle following his death. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated a large number of the world's bishops, and ordained many priests. citation A key goal of his papacy was to transform and reposition the Catholic Church.
Among those consecrated are the new Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Lagos, Ifedola Okupevi; and the new Bishop of Akoko Edo Diocese, Ebenezer Saiki.
And if we made it too passive, quickly passing on some fleeting cliches and good feelings, we would not be leveraging the specific ritual acts rooted in history, consecrated by history, which convey values not just stories, maintaining continuity.
A second change states that five women religious and five men religious will be elected to represent their institutes of consecrated life rather than 10 religious priests as in the past.
For Hiatt and others, there is only one clear stance: what God has consecrated, let man not contaminate.
God becomes a baby in the way of all babies, when human blood, flesh and seed are consecrated as the raw material for the birth of God.
He was amused when I told him the Archbishop of Canterbury had given me a sip of brandy to fortify me after Queen Elizabeth had been consecrated.
It was consecrated by Bishop John Travers Lewis on September 15, 1879.
Perhaps the most somber liturgy of the year, the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion is not a Mass. No new hosts are consecrated during this liturgy, symbolizing the absence of the Lord in the tabernacle following his death.
The gold Ampulla is shaped like an eagle and holds the consecrated oil which will be used to anoint the king – the most sacred part of the ceremony.
The golden ampulla, which dates from 1661, is a flask in the shape of an eagle that holds the holy oil, which was consecrated in Jerusalem in March and will be used to anoint the king.
The Mass of the Oils includes the distribution of the blessed and consecrated oils to parishes located in northern and eastern Maine.
The oldest object in the regalia, the spoon was used to pour the chrism oil, consecrated at the Holy Sepulchre church in Jerusalem, before the anointing of the new King and Queen.
And lastly, we pray for the around the world who have answered the call to the most ancient form of consecrated life.
A new parish hall was built, and the church was consecrated in 1917.
Bishop David O’Connell of the Diocese of Trenton (right) stands beside Father Brian Woodrow on March 30, 2023, during a Mass at which the new altar was consecrated at St. Dominic Church in Brick, New Jersey.
Dymphna followed her mother’s footsteps and, at the age of 14, she consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of chastity.
He said the normal presumption was that the burial of human remains in consecrated ground is permanent.
If players wish to seek out the Graven-Mass Talisman, they must travel to the Consecrated Snowfield.
In 1065, Westminster Abbey was consecrated.
Common combinations with consecrated
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was consecrated 38×
- consecrated in 16×
- consecrated by 15×
- and consecrated 14×
- consecrated as 11×
- be consecrated 11×
- the consecrated 9×
- consecrated on 9×
- consecrated bishop 9×
- of consecrated 7×