(A) render holy by means of religious rites
(B) take away from; diminish
(C) ** give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
(D) being ten more than seventy
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -: to induct (a person) into a permanent office with a religious rite. especially : to ordain to the office of bishop. : to make or declare sacred. especially : to devote irrevocably to the worship of God by a solemn ceremony.
Concept note-2: -A person may be consecrated for a specific role within a religious hierarchy, or a person may consecrate his or her life in an act of devotion. In particular, the ordination of a bishop is often called a consecration.
Concept note-3: -Consecration is a response We consecrate ourselves to belong to the Lord in a new way. In fact this new way is the only way by which we truly become who we are. The foremost example of God-human consecration is Jesus Christ himself. He is the “Anointed, ” meaning he totally belongs to God.
Concept note-4: -consecration, an act by which a person or a thing is separated from secular or profane use and dedicated permanently to the sacred by prayers, rites, and ceremonies.