consecrate

pyhittää

vihkiä piispaksi

vihitty To declare, or otherwise make something holy.
1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.