verb (v)

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

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

  source: wordnet30
• make pure or free from sin or guilt(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  purge, purify
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.(verb)

  source: webster1913