consecration Hear it!

consecration Definition

con·se·cra·tion (kän′si krās̸hən)

noun

  1. a consecrating or being consecrated
  2. a ceremony for this

consecration Synonyms

consecration

n.

sanctification, exaltation, glorification, dedication, devotion, hallowing, ordination, canonization, immortalization, apotheosis, enthronement, making holy, celebrating, blessing, anointing; see also celebration 1.

consecration Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • bishop: It is possible to remedy the situation without waiting for consecrations of women bishops.
  • priest: First, of the entire person, as at the consecration of the priests ( Ex.
  • cathedral: Then, four months later, the Tzar was assassinated and the consecration of the Cathedral was postponed indefinitely.
  • church: The consecration of a church or monastery was preceded by a long fast.
  • woman: Do you really think that delaying the legislative process for permitting the consecration of women, will reverse this process?
  • man: And this building up of circumstance was like a consecration of the man, till he seemed to walk in sacrificial filets.

Preposition: as

  • bishop: We then get a short account of Brun's education, his consecration as bishop, and execution in 1009.

Converse of object

  • receive: The new Bishops will receive Episcopal Consecration at a service in Christ Church, Wallasey later this year.
  • follow: New Marston only became a parish in its own right in 1963, following the consecration of St Michael & All Angels Church.
  • mean: The first is: obedience to Christ for Gideon, and indeed to us, meant entire consecration.
  • express: By one act of consecration of our total selves to God, we can make every subsequent act express that consecration.

Adjective modifier

  • episcopal: An even more memorable event was the episcopal consecration of George Hay in 1769.
  • entire: The first is: obedience to Christ for Gideon, and indeed to us, meant entire consecration.
  • Episcopal: Episcopal consecration confers ' the fullness of the sacrament of orders.

Modifies a noun

  • ceremony: A crowd of more than 60,000 stood in front of the church to watch the consecration ceremony on a giant screen.
  • cross: There is a good early 19th century gallery, a consecration cross, a rood loft stairway.
  • service: His consecration service is at Southwark Cathedral the previous day.
  • crosse: There are several Consecration Crosses still to be traced on the North wall, both inside and out.
  • ritual: And they were only allowed to do that after a whole series of consecration rituals most of which involved blood.
  • date: The consecration date " adds a new element of complexity in the drama of ecclesiology in the United States " .
consecration Quotes

If mine had been the painter's hand, To express what then I saw; and add the gleam, The light that never was, on sea or land, The consecration, and the poet's dream.

—Wordsworth,William