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consecration

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con⋅se⋅cra⋅tion

  [kon-si-krey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
2. the act of giving the sacramental character to the Eucharistic elements of bread and wine, esp. in the Roman Catholic Church.
3. ordination to a sacred office, esp. to the episcopate.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME consecracio(u)n (< AF) < L consecrātiōn- (s. of consecrātiō). See consecrate, -ion
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con·se·cra·tion   (kŏn'sĭ-krā'shən)   
n.  

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

  2. The state of being consecrated.

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Consecration

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).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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