What part of speech is consecrated?

Consecrated can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. consecrated is a verb, past participle of consecrate (infinitive).
  • 2. consecrated is a verb, past simple of consecrate (infinitive).
  • 3. consecrated is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more consecrated
    most consecrated
  • Positive: consecrated 
  • Comparative: more consecrated
  • Superlative: most consecrated

What does consecrated mean?

Definitions

Adjective

consecrated - solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
consecrated - made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine"

Verb

consecrate - render holy by means of religious rites
consecrate - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
consecrate - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
consecrate - dedicate to a deity by a vow

Examples of consecrated

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A life consecrated to science.
2. adj. The consecrated chapel.
3. adj. A consecrated church.
4. verb She consecrated her life to the work.
5. verb A day is a period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper — the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort.
6. verb Love must be sanctified by marriage, and this passion becomes criminal if it's not consecrated by a sacrament.
7. verb A nymphaeum is a monument consecrated to the nymphs.
8. verb Consecrate your life to the church.
9. verb And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to thee and thy fathers, and shall give it thee: Thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex, thou shalt consecrate to the Lord.
10. verb And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to thee and thy fathers, and shall give it thee: Thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex, thou shalt consecrate to the Lord.
Sentence  
adj.
A life consecrated to science.
The consecrated chapel.
A consecrated church.
verb
She consecrated her life to the work.
A day is a period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper — the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort.
Love must be sanctified by marriage, and this passion becomes criminal if it's not consecrated by a sacrament.
A nymphaeum is a monument consecrated to the nymphs.
Consecrate your life to the church.
And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to thee and thy fathers, and shall give it thee: Thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex, thou shalt consecrate to the Lord.
And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to thee and thy fathers, and shall give it thee: Thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex, thou shalt consecrate to the Lord.

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