self-consecration

[ self-kon-si-krey-shuhn ]
noun

  1. the act of setting oneself to a task or vocation without ordination by others or by a religious body.

Words Nearby self-consecration

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How to use self-consecration in a sentence

  • Faithlessness towards herself had been passed over unrecognized, faithlessness towards his self-consecration was quite otherwise.

    Hopes and Fears | Charlotte M. Yonge

  • But because of this its completeness and generality it signified the entire self-consecration of the offerer to God.

    Companion to the Bible | E. P. Barrows

  • Our self-consecration is not to be occasional, but continual and habitual.

  • Then there should come that self-consecration by which response is made to the claim of God.

  • So from week to week and from month to month the self-consecration grew more complete—the self-forgetfulness more perfect.

    Woman's Work in the Civil War | Linus Pierpont Brockett

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