consecrated
adjective
[ ˈkɒnsɪkreɪtɪd ]
• (of a church or land) having been made or declared sacred.
• "a Christian burial in consecrated ground"
consecrate
verb
• make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious purpose.
• "the present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin consecrat- ‘dedicated, devoted as sacred’, from the verb consecrare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + sacrare ‘dedicate’, from sacer ‘sacred’.
