Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service, usually religious. The word "consecration" literally means "to associate with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different groups. A synonym for to consecrate is to sanctify; an antonym is to desecrate.

Contents

• 1 Roman Catholic Church
  • 1.1 Ordination of bishops
  • 1.2 Religious orders and institutes
  • 1.3 Churches, altars, and other ritual objects
  • 1.4 Eucharist
• 2 Eastern churches
• 3 Various Christian churches
• 4 See also
• 5 Notes
• 6 Bibliography
• 7 External links

Roman Catholic Church

The Consecration of Deodat (1620, Claude Bassot).

"Consecration" is used in the Catholic Church as the setting apart for the service of God of both persons and objects.

Noun

consecration (plural consecrations)

1. The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

See also

• sacrament
• unction

Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service, usually religious. The word "consecration" literally means "to associate with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different groups.

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• But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
  • Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address (19 November 1863).

• I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground God's-Acre! It is just; It consecrates each grave within its walls, And breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust.
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, God's-Acre, st. 1 (1842).

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