sacralized

verb

past tense of sacralize
as in blessed
to make holy through prayers or ritual sacralizing the cohabitation of a man and a woman by means of the marriage ceremony

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  1. blessed
  2. consecrated
  3. sanctified
  4. dedicated
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  • Later, Keldermans and fellow clergy member Katherine Elsner anointed a congregant who was having surgery later that month and then gave her a prayer blanket blessed by the community.
    — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • My wife gave us two wonderful children and my daughter just blessed us with a grandson!
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of blessed
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  • The King’s wife, Queen Mette-Marit, is also expected to be consecrated during the ceremony.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Still, there were only eight African Anglican clergy in Kenya by 1920, and the first Kenyan bishops would not be consecrated until 1955.
    — Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of consecrated
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  • Guns became sacred, and violence was increasingly justified, if not sanctified.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The church has always preached that humans are created in God’s image; by assuming the messy fragility of human form, God’s son sanctified human experience.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sanctified
Verb
  • Ty Dieffenbach started his high school career as a wide received and dedicated himself to learning the role while his mom battled breast cancer.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The American Society of Civil Engineers dedicated the highway as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark at the event Wednesday morning.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of dedicated
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“Sacralized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacralized. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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