Con`se*cra"tion (?), n. [L. consecratio: cf. F. cons'ecration.]

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.

 

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