Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consecration"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consecration \Con`se*cra"tion\, n. [L. consecratio: cf. F.
cons['e]cration.]
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 solemny
declares it so. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consecration
n 1: a solemn dedication to a service or a goal; "his
consecration to study"
2: the act of consecrating; "the Cardinal attended the
consecration of the church"
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