Consecrate
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In ecclesiastical law
To dedicate to sacred purposes, as a bishop by imposition of hands or a church or churchyard by prayers, etc. Co.nsecration is performed by a bishop er archbishop. Consecratio est periodus electionis $ electio est præambnla consecrationis.
2 Rolle, 102.
Consecration is the termination of election; election is the preamble of consecration.