All 3 Uses of
consecrate
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- I didn't know any name for what I'd seen until some years afterward in Atlanta, when I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.†
Chpt 1 *
- A little farther on we find this promise: 'If the first handful of dough is consecrated, the whole mass is, and if the root of a tree is consecrated, so are its branches.†
Chpt 3consecrated = made holy by means of religious rites
- A little farther on we find this promise: 'If the first handful of dough is consecrated, the whole mass is, and if the root of a tree is consecrated, so are its branches.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(consecrate) make holy by means of religious rites
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will contain less common senses of the word including "to solemnly dedicate" or to "infuse with reverence".