consecratio: dedicatio [SYN. in CONSECRATE]: consecration also = apotheosis (Tac., Ann., 13, 2, quite at the end; Suet., Dom, 2): the consecration of a priest, consecratio (Inscript., Gruteri, 303, 2; Vid: To CONSECRATE). ☞ Inauguratio is without any classical authority. To receive consecration, consecrari: the feast of the consecration of anything, *dies rei inaugurandae or consecrandae sacer.