consecrated

/ˈkɑnsəˌkreɪtəd/

When something is consecrated it is declared to be sacred or holy. Many Catholics, for example, believe that bread and wine are consecrated, or made sacred during Holy Communion, becoming the body and blood of Christ.

The word consecrated is made up of the Latin suffix con-, which expresses intensive force and sacrare, meaning "dedicate." Something that is consecrated is intensely dedicated to the point of being declared holy. It's not just bread and wine that people believe to be consecrated. You might call a cemetery "consecrated ground."

Definitions of consecrated

1. adjective

   made, declared, or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
   “a consecrated church”

   synonyms: sacred, sanctified

   holy

   belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power
2. adjective

   solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
   “a life consecrated to science”

   “the consecrated chapel”

   synonyms: consecrate, dedicated

   ordained

   invested with ministerial or priestly functions

   votive

   dedicated in fulfillment of a vow

   holy

   belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power

   sacred

   concerned with religion or religious purposes

   antonyms:

   desecrated

   treated with contempt

   deconsecrated

   divested of consecration

   profaned, violated

   treated irreverently or sacrilegiously