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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSECRATION, n.
1. The act or ceremony of separating form a common to a sacred use, or of devoting and dedicating a person or thing to the service and worship of God, by certain rites or solemnities. Consecration does not make a person or thing really holy, but declares it to be sacred, that is, devoted to God or to divine service; as the consecration of the priests among the Israelites; the consecration of the vessels used in the temple; the consecration of a bishop.
2. Canonization; the act of translating into heaven, and enrolling or numbering among the saints or gods; the ceremony of the apotheosis of an emperor.
3. The benediction of the elements in the eucharist; the act of setting apart and blessing the elements in the communion.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study"
2: (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or ceremony of consecrating 2. the state of being consecrated 3. capitalized the part of a Communion rite in which the bread and wine are consecrated

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Consecration Con`se*cra"tion, n. [L. consecratio: cf. F. cons['e]cration.] The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication. Until the days of your consecration be at an end. --Lev. viii. 33. Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. --South.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

the devoting or setting apart of anything to the worship or service of God. The race of Abraham and the tribe of Levi were thus consecrated (Ex. 13:2, 12, 15; Num. 3:12). The Hebrews devoted their fields and cattle, and sometimes the spoils of war, to the Lord (Lev. 27:28, 29). According to the Mosaic law the first-born both of man and beast were consecrated to God.

In the New Testament, Christians are regarded as consecrated to the Lord (1 Pet. 2:9).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Dedication, devotion.

Moby Thesaurus

accession, altruism, anointing, anointment, apostolic orders, appointment, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, beatification, beatitude, blessedness, blessing, calling, canonization, commitment, conferment, coronation, dedication, delegation, deputation, devotion, disinterest, disinterestedness, election, empowerment, enshrinement, exaltation, glorification, grace, hallowing, holy orders, humility, induction, installation, institution, investiture, justification, justification by works, legitimate succession, major orders, minor orders, modesty, nomination, ordainment, orders, ordination, preferment, presentation, purification, reading in, sacrifice, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, seizure, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-devotion, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness, self-immolation, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-renouncement, self-sacrifice, self-subjection, selflessness, setting apart, state of grace, succession, taking over, unacquisitiveness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness, usurpation

Moby Thesaurus

Agnus Dei, Alleluia, Anamnesis, Blessing, Canon, Collect, Communion, Credo, Dismissal, Epistle, Fraction, Gloria, Gospel, Gradual, Introit, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, Lavabo, Offertory, Paternoster, Pax, Post-Communion, Preface, Sanctus, Secreta, Tersanctus, Tract