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/ˌkɑnsəˈkɹeɪʃən/
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[ UK /kˌɒnsɪkɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒnsɪkɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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(religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God
the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church -
a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)
his consecration to study
How To Use consecration In A Sentence
- For being summoned to come and receiue his consecration at Canturburie (as alreadie yee haue heard) through counsell of the canons Yorke he refused so to doo: bicause they informed him that if he so did, it should be greatlie preiudiciall to the liberties of that sée, whose archbishop was of like authoritie in all things vnto the archbishop of Canturburie, so that he was bound onelie to fetch his consecration and benediction at Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I.
- One may search these "Salt Water Ballads" through from the opening line of "Consecration" to "The Song At Parting" and find no faint suggestion of that deep religious glory of "The Everlasting Mercy. Giant Hours with Poet Preachers
- It's noticeable that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in Alfred's time, by which time it was being written more or less contemporarily with events, records celestial phenomena, consecrations of bishops and deaths of bishops, kings and ealdormen, but not births, not even the births of King Alfred's children. Acha of Deira and Bernicia: daughter, sister, wife and mother of kings
- In the National Gallery's Mass of Saint Giles, for example, the saint elevates the Host at the moment of consecration.
- These same churchmen had developed tenth-century consecration ceremonies in line with a clear idea of kingship as an office with duties.
- Even in "Consecration" we hear the challenging ring of a young voice who has wandered over the face of the earth and has taken his place with the "Outcast," has cast his lot with the sailor, the stoker, the tramp. Giant Hours with Poet Preachers
- It is always to be remembered, that Saint John's Church thus consecrated and set apart to the worship of Almighty God, is by the act of consecration thus performed, separated from all worldly and unhallowed uses, and to be considered sacred to the service of the _Holy and undivided Trinity_. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852
- According to the head of the Greek Orthodox parish for Bethlehem, Father Speridon, the mass was a reconsecration since the church marking the spot where Jesus was born had been desecrated during the siege.
- You'll note the white veil upon the cross, and the use of the "clapper" instead of the bells at the consecration. Holy Thursday from Ss. Trinita, Rome
- Ten years after his consecration he was delated for heresy by an ecclesiastical court, and subsequently excommunicated from the Anglican Church altogether.