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

They took up the cause of the negro in a spirit of religious self-consecration.

From The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

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

From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Henry W. Bellows