consecration

consecration
    n 1: a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some
         cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his
         consecration to study"
    2: (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart
       (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; "the
       Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"
    

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.
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         Until the days of your consecration be at an end.
                                                  --Lev. viii.
                                                  33.
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         Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only
         solemnly declares it so.                 --South.
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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).
    

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "Consecration":
      Agnus Dei, Alleluia, Anamnesis, Blessing, Canon, Collect,
      Communion, Credo, Dismissal, Epistle, Fraction, Gloria, Gospel,
      Gradual, Introit, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, Lavabo,
      Offertory, Paternoster, Pax, Post-Communion, Preface, Sanctus,
      Secreta, Tersanctus, Tract

    

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "consecration":
      accession, altruism, anointing, anointment, apostolic orders,
      appointment, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization,
      beatification, beatitude, blessedness, blessing, calling,
      canonization, commitment, conferment, coronation, dedication,
      delegation, deputation, devotion, disinterest, disinterestedness,
      election, empowerment, enshrinement, exaltation, glorification,
      grace, hallowing, holy orders, humility, induction, installation,
      institution, investiture, justification, justification by works,
      legitimate succession, major orders, minor orders, modesty,
      nomination, ordainment, orders, ordination, preferment,
      presentation, purification, reading in, sacrifice, sainthood,
      sainting, sanctification, seizure, self-abasement, self-abnegation,
      self-denial, self-devotion, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness,
      self-immolation, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness,
      self-renouncement, self-sacrifice, self-subjection, selflessness,
      setting apart, state of grace, succession, taking over,
      unacquisitiveness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness, usurpation