<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to make or declare sacred;</li><li>set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>desecrate</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li><p>venerate</p></li><li><p>sanctify</p></li><li><p>to devote or dedicate to some purpose: a life consecrated to science.</p></li><li><p>to admit or ordain to a sacred office, especially to the episcopate.</p></li><li><p>to change (bread and wine) into the Eucharist.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>consecrated;</li><li>sacred</li></ul>