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consecrer (s.xii1/3)
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consecrer (s.xii1/3)

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consacrer,  consecrere,  consegrer;  cunsacrer  
  FEW:  consecrare 2/ii,1061a Gdf:  consacrer 2,249b GdfC:  consacrer 9,161c TL: consacrer 2,719 DEAF:  consacrer  DMF:  consacrer  TLF:  consacrer  OED:  consacre v.  MED:  consacren v.  DMLBS:  consecrare 446c

v.trans.

theol.to consecrate, declare sacred: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (just like a pearl is formed from dew) Si fud la virgine consecree  Best ants 3076
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Les temples u li Deu esteient Que li home paien creeient Unt santifiez e mundez, E a Deu servir consacrez  Brut WACE 5248
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  Mars e Diane, qui el nun del deable sunt consecrez  Legendary 50.14
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Une eglise suveiauz dedier […] e consecrer  S Rich ANTS 1306
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  l’ercevesqe […] ové les autres evesqes et clerkes qe deveroient le dit prince consecrere  Anon Chr1 109.14

p.p. as a.

1theol.consecrated, declared sacred: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Mais icestes (=stones) unt vertu grant [...] S’eles sunt chastement portees, Beneittes e consegrees  Lapid 258.1682
2established, recognized (by custom): 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  S’est consecrez, ki.l portera (=jasper) Puissans, amez de genz sera  Lapid 161.143
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