a. [f. L. type *consecrātōri-us, f. consecrātor: see -ORY.] That has the attribute of consecrating.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage, I. vi. (1614), 33. Againe, they [sacrifices] were propitiatorie, consecratorie, Eucharisticall, and so forth.
1699. Burnet, 39 Art., xxv. (1700), 293. The Consecratory Words being delivered as the Reason of the Command, take, eat, and drink.
1866. Pall Mall G., 13 Dec., 3. The only translation of the consecratory letters.
