Consecrate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

II. Consecrate ·vt To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.

III. Consecrate ·vt To Canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

IV. Consecrate ·vt To render venerable or revered; to Hallow; to Dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

V. Consecrate ·vt To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.