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con·se·cra·tion    Audio Help   [kon-si-krey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
2.the act of giving the sacramental character to the Eucharistic elements of bread and wine, esp. in the Roman Catholic Church.
3.ordination to a sacred office, esp. to the episcopate.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME consecracio(u)n (< AF) < L consecrātiōn- (s. of consecrātiō). See consecrate, -ion]
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