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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Example Sentences

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 brilliant gifts and self-consecration made him, first, a great educational path-breaker.

From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by Hosmer, James Kendall

Devotion, which in its fullest sense is self-consecration, is often used to denote an act of worship, especially prayer or adoration; as, he is engaged in his devotions.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin