set apart
verb- To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
- To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to separate or isolate.
- To perform a blessing which formally invests a person with authority to serve in a calling or leadership position, typically by laying on of hands.
From the library
The Mice thought that the cause of their frequent defeats was that they had no leaders set apart from the general army to command them, and that they were exposed to dangers from lack of discipline.
The whole of the second story was set apart for Maximilian; it was precisely similar to his sister’s apartments, except that for the breakfast-parlor he had a billiard-room, where he received his friends.
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