Consecration

Consecration is the whole of the covenant of Israel. The chosen people themselves are consecrated, qadosh meaning “cut off, set apart,” the same meaning as saints—sanc-ti, sancti-fied (cf. sanctum, “a place set apart”). They are called sigillim, which is translated “peculiar” in our King James Bible, but which means “sealed, reserved.” What is con-secrated is then made sacred, withdrawn from the ordinary economy, dedicated to a particular purpose and to that purpose only. It can never be recalled or used for any other purpose without being de-secrated. Hugh Nibley, Approaching Zion, http://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1114&index=15