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consecratio

consecratio, a religious dedication, consecration

consē̆crātĭo, ōnis, f. [consecro].
  • A religious dedication, consecration: domūs, Cic. Dom. 40, 106; 50, 128: bonorum, id. ib. 48, 125.—Also of the deification of the Roman emperor, * Tac. A. 13, 2 fin.; * Suet. Dom. 2: falsae consecrationes, Lact. 1, 20, 24; and of the consecration of a priest, Inscr. Grut. 303, 2.—*
  • II An execration, in laws: consecratione legis aut poenae, cum caput ejus, qui contra fecerit, consecratur, Cic. Balb. 14, 33.—*
  • III A magical incantation, Lampr. Elag. 9, 1.

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