consecrator
One who blesses
A consecrator is someone who performs a consecration—the act of formally dedicating something to sacred or religious purposes.
The term most often appears in ecclesiastical contexts, referring to a bishop or clergy member who conducts the ceremony making a person, place, or object holy: The principal consecrator laid hands on the new bishop.
Make officially holy
- holyDedicated to the divine
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- divineOf or from gods
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
venerate · relic · shrine · tabernacle · sanctuary · sacred space · dedicator · hallowedness
Diocesan clergy head
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- prelateSenior church official
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- ordainConfer clerical authority
investiture · anointing · appointment · commissioning · priesthood · deacon · vicar · canon
sanctify
Make officially holy
hallowed · venerate · relic · shrine · tabernacle · sanctuary · sacred space · dedicator · hallowedness · sacredness
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- prelateSenior church official
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
ordain · investiture · anointing · appointment · commissioning · priesthood · deacon · vicar · canon · rector
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
blessing · procession · altar · chalice · vestments · chrism · incense · censer · invocation · genuflection
consecratordesecrator
One who violates sanctity
desecrater · profaner · defiler · blasphemer · violator
consecratordesecrator
One who violates sanctity
heretic · apostate · infidel · antichrist · defiler
- consecrated groundReligiously dedicated place
- consecrated wineRitually blessed altar beverage
- consecrated breadBlessed wafer for communion
consecrate, consecration, consecrated, consecrating, consecrates, consecrations, unconsecrated, deconsecration, deconsecrated