[a. L. consecrātor, agent-n. from consecrāre to CONSECRATE: see -OR. (Johnson has consecrater, with a quot. from Atterbury, which Todd gives with -or.)] One who or that which consecrates.
1552. Huloet, Consecratour, sacrator, sacrificus.
1638. Chillingw., Relig. Prot., II. § 69. 79. Your making the Reall presence of Christ in the Eucharist depend upon the casualties of the consecrators true Priesthood and Intention.
1747. Carte, Hist. Eng., I. 240. Two British bishops … had assisted Wini who was the principal Consecrator.
1883. Ch. Times, 9 Nov., 807/1. That there cannot be more than one celebrant or one chief consecrator, is a rudimentary principle of ritual.
