consecration

See also: consécration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsecrātiō, cōnsecrātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsɪˈkɹeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

consecration (countable and uncountable, plural consecrations)

1. The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.
   • 1845, William Palmer, Origines Liturgicae, or, Antiquities of the English Ritual: And a Dissertation on Primitive Liturgies‎, 4th edition, volume 2, London: Francis & John Rivington, →OCLC, page 310:

     Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.

Derived terms

• deconsecration
• nonconsecration
• reconsecration

 

Related terms

• consecrate

Translations

action of consecrating

Armenian: ձեռնադրում (hy) (jeṙnadrum), ձեռնադրություն (hy) (jeṙnadrutʻyun) (ordaining of a clergyman), օծում (hy) (ōcum), նվիրագործություն (hy) (nviragorcutʻyun), օրհնություն (hy) (ōrhnutʻyun), սրբագործում (hy) (srbagorcum) (action of making holy) Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: consagració f Czech: svěcení (cs) n Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: wijding (nl) f, consecratie (nl) f Esperanto: konsekro Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vihkiminen (fi) (act), vihkiäiset (fi) (ceremony) French: consécration (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Weihe (de) f Greek: καθαγίαση (el) f (kathagíasi), χειροτονία (el) f (cheirotonía) Ancient: ἁγιασμός m (hagiasmós) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: konsekrasi (id), penahbisan (id) Italian: consacrazione (it) f Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: осветување n (osvetuvanje) Occitan: consecracion f Pali: abhiseka Polish: konsekracja (pl) f Portuguese: consagração (pt) f Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: посвяще́ние (ru) n (posvjaščénije) Scottish Gaelic: coisrigeadh m, naomhachadh m Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: consagración (es) f

See also

• sacrament
• unction