ETYM Latin consecratio: cf. French consécration.
1. A solemn dedication to a service or a goal.
2. The act of consecrating.
Practice of investing buildings, objects, or people with special religious significance. It aims to establish in the visible world a concrete means of communion with the divine. The consecrated person or object is often considered to be transformed or empowered and is marked off from the everyday world. For example, a church building is consecrated for worship, usually by a bishop; clergy are consecrated in order to be able to act as God's representatives in the world. + prikaži više