Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who consecrates.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.

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  • noun A person who consecrates

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Examples

  • William Barlow (1536-48), the so-called consecrator of Archbishop

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • The consecrator was Msgr. Slavomir Miklovš, the apostolic administrator of the Eparchy of Križevci.

    Episcopal Consecration in Croatia (Byzantine Rite) 2009

  • Sorry for the double post I ment Lionel Rangel when talking about Campos incidently he was co-consecrator of Rifan

    Vatican Council II: An Open Discussion 2009

  • Ignazio Sanna, whose consecration as bishop on June 25, 2006 in the Oristano cathedral saw the newly-consecrated archbishop and Camillo Cardinal Ruini his principal consecrator offering Mass on the high altar.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • Ignazio Sanna, whose consecration as bishop on June 25, 2006 in the Oristano cathedral saw the newly-consecrated archbishop and Camillo Cardinal Ruini his principal consecrator offering Mass on the high altar.

    The stripping of the altars... in 2009 2009

  • Presiding Bishop Griswold who signed the primates' statement in London is chief consecrator.

    Is it time to realign? Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

  • Presiding Bishop Griswold who signed the primates' statement in London is chief consecrator.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

  • Does the word “fanaticus,” as used above, mean senseless, pitiless, abominable fanatic, according to the present acceptation, or does it rather imply the pious, religious man, the frequenter and consecrator of temples?

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Of her three responsibilities, the PB has made it clear that she will delegate the tasks of visiting dioceses and acting as the chief consecrator for new bishops and is happy to send significantly more conservative bishops in her place.

    The answer is . . . That remains to be seen. Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

  • Flynn of St. Paul-Minneapolis was the principal consecrator.

    Thoughts on the Job of Being a Coadjutor to an Archbishop 2006

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