USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

[SOURCES]
To make or declare something"sacred” is to:

(A) ** consecrate

(B) emancipate

(C) correlate

(D) conjugate

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building. to make (something) an object of honor or veneration; hallow: a custom consecrated by time. to devote or dedicate to some purpose: a life consecrated to science.

Concept note-2: -transitive verb. : to induct (a person) into a permanent office with a religious rite. especially : to ordain to the office of bishop. : to make or declare sacred. especially : to devote irrevocably to the worship of God by a solemn ceremony.

Concept note-3: -verb (used with object), sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing. to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate. to purify or free from sin: Sanctify your hearts.

Concept note-4: -Some common synonyms of consecrate are dedicate, devote, and hallow. While all these words mean “to set apart for a special and often higher end, ” consecrate stresses investment with a solemn or sacred quality.

Concept note-5: -Consecration means “to make holy.” When one makes an act of consecration, it is made ultimately to God with the understanding that our consecration is a serious commitment on our part to respond faithfully to God’s grace at work in our lives.