consecration
/ˌkɒnsəˈkɹeɪʃən/kahn-suh-KRAY-shuhn
/ˌkɑnsəˈkɹeɪʃən/kahn-suh-KRAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of consecrating
Common meaning: making something holy by ceremony
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- secrholy, set apart for a godLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1610 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘with, together’ + ‘holy, set apart for a god’ → consecration
Journey through time
- Latinsacer, sacra, sacrum‘holy, set apart for a god’
- Englishconsecrate‘to make holy’
- Englishformed in English from consecrateconsecration‘making something holy by ceremony’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from consecrate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONSECRATE, p.130 · scan
Roots
- sacer, sacra, sacrum Latin “holy, set apart for a god”
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