as in purification
the act of making something holy through religious ritual
the consecration of the Host during Communion
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Recent Examples of consecration
But this consecration can be frightening too, as Western stars have almost immediately embraced Nigerian sounds.
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Billboard France, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich presided over the morning Mass, including the consecration of a new bronze altar.
—Thomas Adamson and Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Ulrich after the consecration of the new main altar.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024
On Sunday, an inaugural Catholic Mass and the consecration of a new altar will conclude the events, attended by nearly 170 bishops and priests from across France.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Billboard France, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich presided over the morning Mass, including the consecration of a new bronze altar.
—Thomas Adamson and Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Ulrich after the consecration of the new main altar.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024
On Sunday, an inaugural Catholic Mass and the consecration of a new altar will conclude the events, attended by nearly 170 bishops and priests from across France.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consecration
Noun
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High-capacity storage and purification tanks in Nepal serving 300+ people for up to 20 years.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The system strikes us as equally useful for more leisurely purification, pouring for your day-to-day clean water needs, much like a water cooler.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And tuned in en masse, as Netflix themselves would tell you (with the league’s blessing).—
John Cassillo,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Those early stumbles may have been a blessing in disguise.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sanctification of Lee and other Confederate leaders, in turn, pushed the complexities of the surrender and of the Civil War era into the shadows, allowing the myth of Appomattox to flourish for more than a century.—
Made by History,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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The underlying problem with the West, Mishra argues, is its sanctification of the Holocaust.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Consecration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consecration. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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