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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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" 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).
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