SINCE 1828
reconsecrate
verb
re·con·se·crate
| \ (ˌ)rē-ˈkän(t)-sə-ˌkrāt
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reconsecrated;
reconsecrating;
reconsecrates
Definition of reconsecrate
: to consecrate (something) again
… reconsecrated the altar, thereby reclaiming the sacred space.— Jill Fehleison Today we reconsecrate our country to long-cherished ideals in a suddenly changed civilization.— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Other Words from reconsecrate
reconsecration
\ (ˌ)rē-ˌkän(t)-sə-ˈkrā-shən
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noun,
plural reconsecrations
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noun,
plural reconsecrations
From its completion in 1743 as a Lutheran church, to its collapse near the end of World War II, to its reconsecration in 2005, the Frauenkirche has long had a special place in this medieval city.
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