self-consecration

American  

[self-kon-si-krey-shuhn] / ˈsɛlf kɒn sɪˈkreɪ ʃən /

noun

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

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self-consecration

In 2016, all of that passionate self-consecration has built hip-hop into America’s dominant pop idiom.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2016

But their not-unjustified self-consecration neuters Ms. Estefan’s artistry and erases its 1980s musical context.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2015

Her craziest act of self-consecration occurred after the death of her son, when she arranged herself into a tableau of divine anguish.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2011

His open-eyed self-consecration to do the will of the Father seals and ratifies their confused yet steadfast devotion.

From Thoughts on religion at the front by Talbot, N. S. (Neville Stuart)

However he might desire nothing in life save self-consecration to work, he could not even achieve that much without reinforcing his own strength by means that were unexceptionable and honourable.

From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Zangwill, Louis