Cŏn'se-crā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. consecratio, Fr. consé-cration, Pr. consecratio, consegratio, consegracion.] 1. The act or ceremony of separating from a common to a sacred use, or of devoting and dedicating a person or thing to the service and worship of God; dedication. Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemnly declares it so. South. 2. The act of publicly enrolling or numbering among the acknowledged saints or gods; canonization; as the ceremony of the apotheosis of an emperor. Hale.