sacralize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree English sacral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sacralize From sacral + -ize.
Meanings
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to make sacred
Bishop Daniel Flores of the Brownsville Diocese in Texas recently wrote on Twitter that Americans “sacralize death’s instruments, and then are surprised that death uses them.” [...] Bishop Flores told the Catholic website The Pillar, “[...] To say something is sacralized is to say it’s almost taken out of any possibility for conversation.”
2022 June 6, Patrick Jonsson, Noah Robertson, “Has the gun become a sacred object in America?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sacralizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sacralized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sacralized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sacralizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Antonyms
defile · profanize · tarnish · violate · profanate · corrupt · desacralize · profane · pollute · desecrate · sully
Deriveds
sacralization · resacralize · desacralize
Synonyms
hallow · behallow · bless · martyr · avow · saint · canonize · dedicate · consecrate · sanctify · sanctify · sacralize · sacrate · sacredize · inaugurate
Translations (8)
fi julistaa pyhäksi (to make sacred) · ca sacralitzar (to make sacred) · pt sacralizar (to make sacred) · fr sacraliser (to make sacred) · ru сакрализовать (to make sacred) · fi pyhittää (to make sacred) · uk сакралізува́ти (to make sacred) · es sacralizar (to make sacred)