喜樂美語

Picture someone drawing a line around a piece of ground and saying, in front of witnesses and in set words: from now on this belongs to God and to nothing else. That is consecrate. Two things matter in the picture. First, it is done out loud, by someone with the standing to do it — feeling that a place is special is not the same act. Second, once the line is drawn the thing inside it is no longer available for ordinary use. Everything else the word does keeps that shape. A person can be set apart the same way and become a priest or a bishop. And when someone consecrates a life to one aim, the line has been drawn around a person by that person, with the same weight of a promise that cannot be taken back.

可以想成這樣一個畫面：有人在一塊地周圍畫一條線，當著眾人的面，用固定的話宣告——從今以後，這裡屬於神，不再作別的用途。這就是 consecrate。畫面裡有兩件事最重要。第一，它必須說出口，而且由有身分的人來說；心裡覺得神聖並不算數。第二，線一畫下去，線裡面的東西就不再能隨便使用。這個字其他的用法都保留了同一個形狀。人也可以被這樣分別出來，成為神父或主教。而當一個人把一生獻給某件事，這條線就是他自己畫在自己身上的，一樣重，一樣不能收回。

From the word’s history

The supplied Wiktionary etymology traces the word through Latin consecro, built from con- (thoroughly) and the root of sacer, sacred. The literal sense is to make something wholly sacred, which is exactly the line-drawing in the core image.

封包裡的 Wiktionary 詞源把這個字追到拉丁文 cōnsecrō，由 con-（徹底地）加上 sacer（神聖的）那條字根組成。字面就是「徹底使之成聖」，正好對上核心畫面裡那條畫下去的線。英文的 sacred 也來自同一條線索。

Wiktionary etymology tree supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:323373520): Latin con- + sacrō (from sacer), Latin cōnsecrō, Middle English consecraten.

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同家族的字

過去式 consecrated過去分詞 consecrated-ing consecrating三單 consecrates

意思相近

blessordaindevotesanctifyinstalldedicatehallowinvestcommitgive over

意思相反

desecrateneglectdeconsecrateabandon

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

consecrateverb詞源 1/ˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/

  • 1

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

    • But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
  • 2

    CatholicismChristianityRoman-CatholicismTo ordain as a bishop.

  • 3

    To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.

consecrateadj詞源 2/ˈkɒnsəkɹət/

  • 1

    archaicobsoleteConsecrated.

    • Led to the city consecrate to Mars.
  • 2

    rareConsecrated, devoted, dedicated, sacred.

    • And that this body conſecrate to thee, By Ruffian Luſt ſhould be contaminate!
    • They were assembled in that consecrate place.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。