"Consecrate" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In eccleslastlcal law. To dedicate to sacred purposes, as a bishop by Imposltlon of hands, or a church or churchyard by prayers, etc. Consecration is performed by a bishop or archbishop
To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to
sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or
worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self)
unreservedly, as to the service of God.
To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to
enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to
dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.
To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a
bishop.
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