Consecrate vs. Sanctify

Consecrateverb

(transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.

Consecrateadjective

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

Consecrateadjective

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

Consecrateverb

To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.

Consecrateverb

To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.

Consecrateverb

To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

Consecrateverb

To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

Consecrateverb

appoint to a clerical posts;

Consecrateverb

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

Consecrateverb

dedicate to a deity by a vow

Consecrateverb

render holy by means of religious rites

Consecrateadjective

solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose;

Sanctifyverb

(transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.

Sanctifyverb

(transitive) To free from sin; to purify.

Sanctifyverb

(transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.

Sanctifyverb

(transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.

Sanctifyverb

To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

Sanctifyverb

To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.

Sanctifyverb

To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.

Sanctifyverb

To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.

Sanctifyverb

render holy by means of religious rites

Sanctifyverb

make pure or free from sin or guilt;