consecrate

Adjective

• solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
  • a life consecrated to science
    
  • the consecrated chapel
    
  • a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II
    

Verb

• render holy by means of religious rites

• dedicate to a deity by a vow

• give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  • She committed herself to the work of God
    
  • give one's talents to a good cause
    
  • consecrate your life to the church
    

• appoint to a clerical posts
  • he was ordained in the Church
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  consecrated , dedicated , bless , hallow , sanctify , vow , give , dedicate , commit , devote , ordain , ordinate , order
• Antonyms: 
  desecrated , desecrate , unhallow , deconsecrate