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the moment ordinary stuff gets promoted to sacred without changing its molecules.
means The act of formally dedicating something or someone to a sacred purpose, setting it apart from ordinary use through ritual or declaration.
from From Latin consecrare, 'to make holy,' built from con- (a thoroughgoing 'with/together') and sacrare, 'to dedicate to a god' — itself from sacer, 'sacred, set apart.' That sacer is the same root buried in sacrifice, sacrament, and even sacrosanct. The Romans used consecrare for everything from dedicating temples to declaring dead emperors divine; the word arrived in English through the church, where bread and wine became the headline act.
- latin root
- From sacrare, to set apart as holy
- bread becomes
- Catholic doctrine claims literal body, not symbol
- kings too
- Medieval coronations consecrated rulers with holy oil
- no undo
- Consecrated ground often can't be casually repurposed
- church reuse
- Deconsecration is a formal ritual to reverse it