Both Uses of
consecrate
in
The Pearl
- And then from a secret place Juana brought a little piece of consecrated candle and lighted it at the flame and set it upright on a fireplace stone.
Chpt 3 *consecrated = made holy by means of religious rites
- He could see the little image of the consecrated candle reflected in the soft surface of the pearl, and he heard again in his ears the lovely music of the undersea, the tone of the diffused green light of the sea bottom.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(consecrate) make holy by means of religious rites