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Webster 1913 Edition


Consecration

Conˊse-cra′tion

,
Noun.
[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.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Consecration

CONSECRATION

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Noun.
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.

Definition 2024


consecration

consecration

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English

Noun

consecration (plural consecrations)

  1. The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.
    • 1845, William Palmer, Origines Liturgicae, or, Antiquities of the English Ritual: And a Dissertation on Primitive Liturgies, volume 2, 4th edition, London: Francis & John Rivington, OCLC 25757264, page 310:
      Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.

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