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# consecration

noun (consecrations)

«consecration» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Consecration is the act of making something holy by a religious ceremony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecration/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the lessons, the solemn ceremony that makes a church, bread or a bond sacred

### Examples

- The bishop led the consecration of the new church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecration/#x1)
- The bread was ordinary until its consecration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecration/#x2)
- The ceremony of consecration took place at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecration/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

The ram of consecration was a special offering in the rites that set Aaron and his sons apart as priests.

**Interpretation.** Called milu'im in Hebrew, which means filling. Tradition reads the seven days of consecration as preparing the priests for service in the Tabernacle.

### Examples

- And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place. (Torah EXO.29.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consecration/#x1)
- And the other ram was presented, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. (Torah LEV.8.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consecration/#x2)
- And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD; and it shall be thy portion. (Torah EXO.29.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consecration/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «consecration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consecration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«consecration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/consecration.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «consecration» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consecration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«consecration» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/consecration.html) on Mova free.