to make holy by ceremonies, dedicare: inaugurare (to consecrate; inaugurare also in speaking of a person; e.g., of a priest. ☞ Dedicare is only used of things which relate immediately to the cultus of the gods, as statues, images, altars, temples, etc.: if it was performed by the augurium, it was termed inaugurare): consecrare (to make holy or sacred, of anything, even of fields and animals; the consecratio might be performed by anybody, the dedicare only by a magistrate, to whom the pontifex, in that case, repeated or dictated the customary form of words): cultui divino sacrare (to consecrate for purposes of worship, Ammianus). To consecrate an altar, aram dedicare, consecrare: to consecrate a temple to a god, deo delubrum dedicare or templum consecrare: to consecrate anybody (as a god), aliquem deum consecrare. Consecrated, sacratus; consecratus; sacer (holy, as the quality of the gods): religiosus (sacred). Fig., to dedicate, dedicare: dicare: offerre (to offer): diis primitias offerre. to consecrate one’s life to the service of one’s country, vitam suam totam patriae dedere.