consecration
noun
the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
reconsecration
-
a word derived from
consecration.
Example Sentences
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Toller is preparing to lead a reconsecration service for his church’s 250th anniversary, where the Balq CEO is in attendance, as are hundreds of others.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2018
Several hundred people turned up for the reconsecration, nearly all of them having flown in, mostly from Istanbul, or from abroad.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2014
At the Lambeth Conference, in 1920, English clergymen stated their willingness, should church unity be effected, to accept a Roman Catholic reconsecration since the Roman Church did not recognize them as properly ordained priests.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, as part of a beautifully staged "reconsecration" of the Lateran Treaties, Pope Pius XII paid a history-making call on the present tenants of the Quirinal.
From Time Magazine Archive
There should occasionally be a time set apart for the confession of unfaithfulness and for the open reconsecration to God and the War on the part of any Officer.
From The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by George S. (George Scott) Railton
