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n. The act, process, or ceremony of consecrating.

n. The state of being consecrated.

n. The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

n. The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

n. The act of consecrating, or separating from a common to a sacred use; the act of devoting or dedicating a person or thing to the service and worship of God by certain rites or solemnities: as, the consecration of the priests among the Israelites; the consecration of the vessels used in the temple; the consecration of the elements in the eucharist; the consecration of a church.

n. Specifically Eccles.: The act of conferring upon a priest the powers and authority of a bishop; the rite or ceremony of elevation to the episcopate.

n. The act of giving the sacramental character to the eucharistic elements of bread and wine. According to the Roman Catholic and the Anglican Church the essential act of eucharistic consecration consists in the recital of the words of institution over the elements by a priest.

n. The prayer used to consecrate the eucharistic elements.

n. The act of placing a particle of the consecrated bread or host in the chalice; the commixture (which see).

n. Devotion or dedication from deep feeling, especially from a religious motive: as, the consecration of one's self to the service of God, or of one's energies to the search for truth.

n. In Roman history, the ceremony of the apotheosis of an emperor.

n. a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)

n. (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God

"This is what the term consecration properly means."

commitment    dedication    allegiance    loyalty    sanctification   

consecration-cross    unction    sacrament   

dedication    hallowing    sanctification    devotion   

Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization    Confederation    Corp.    Croatian    Dalmatian    Desegregation   

dedication    benediction    self-sacrifice    baptism    ordination    purification    devotion    investiture    thanksgiving    penance