Dictionary entry

Consecration

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con′se‐cra″tion (?), n. [L. consecratio: cf. F. consécration.] 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 solemnly declares it so.

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