consecrate
verb (used with object)
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity.
reconsecrate
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a word derived from
consecrate.
Example Sentences
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In the second version, relayed by the rabbis of the Talmud hundreds of years later, a single vial of purified oil, used to reconsecrate the Temple menorah, miraculously lasts for eight nights.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2023
May they all reconsecrate themselves to those principles which made him worthy to be remembered thus, and then a redeemed and transfigured land will be a fitting monument for him and for them.
From Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln Delivered at the request of both Houses of Congress of America by George Bancroft
Her consciousness of wrong warmed her heart toward her absent husband, and filled it with longing to reconsecrate herself to him.
From Mr. Claghorn's Daughter by Hilary Trent
This friendship appears likely to continue, for the Serbian authorities, so far from countenancing such pranks as that of the pig's head, do not even propose to reconsecrate their ancient church of Petka.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein
It also afforded a superb opportunity for the old leaders in the South, who were not entirely relieved from the taint of secession, to come out and reconsecrate themselves to the country and her flag.
From The Colored Regulars in the United States Army by T. G. (Theophilus Gould) Steward
