#afierosi

• To dedicate — To dedicate, consecrate, or hallow; historically, to endow or submit property (such as monasteries or estates) to the church or holy sites. In a modern literary sense, to dedicate a work of art or literature to a patron.
• Consecration deed — The act of dedicating, consecrating, or hallowing; historically, the solemn legal-religious endowment or submission of properties to a monastery or holy site under feudal law. In modern literary terms, it refers to the inscription of a book dedication.
• Consecrated — Consecrated, dedicated, hallowed, or endowed through a solemn deed to a religious institution; detached from secular use. In a figurative or literary sense, it describes a person deeply devoted to a cause or a book bearing a formal dedication.
• Piously dedicated — 1. Solemnly and legally dedicated, donated, or consecrated to a place of worship, monastery, or deity; piously dedicated. 2. Regarding medieval villages or estates: placed under the ownership and tax immunity of an ecclesiastical institution following a founder's donation.