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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.
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Entry for 'Consecration'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/consecration.html.
 
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