a. rare–1. [ad. L. type *consecrātīv-us (prob. in med.L.), f. L. consecrāt- ppl. stem: see -IVE. (Godef. has obs. F. consécratif, -ive.)] Of consecrating character or tendency.
a. 1617. Bayne, Diocesan’s Trial (1621), 58. The Bishops imposition was properly consecrative and sacramentall.
