verb (v)

• render holy by means of religious rites(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  bless, consecrate, sanctify
  Antonym:
  deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.(verb)

  source: webster1913