- past tense form of consecrate.
- past participle of consecrate.
consecrated
Example Sentences
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Pope Francis celebrates a mass to mark the World Day for Consecrated Life in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, February 2, 2022.
From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2022
Jim Lindsay, executive director of the Catholic Volunteer Network, leads a conversation celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2015
Attacks on American nuns have been happening since 2008, when the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life initiated an “Apostolic Visitation,” a euphemism for investigation, of the nuns.
From Time • Aug. 31, 2014
First known as the Consecrated Gospel Singers, the group was soon singing in churches all along the East Coast.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2012
Consecrated means to dedicate somebody or something to a particular purpose.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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