Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Consecration
Con′se·cra′tion (kŏn′sē·krā′shŭn), n. [L. consecratio: cf. F. consécration.] 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 solemnly declares it so. South.