SACRALIZING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

sacralizing

verb

present participle of sacralize

as in blessing

to make holy through prayers or ritual sacralizing the cohabitation of a man and a woman by means of the marriage ceremony

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By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Jimmy Fallon has been blessing the New York Knicks with good humor for decades.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

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But yesterday, the group defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his approval.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

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To say that the Union was sacred and the touchstone of democracy was to strengthen slavery by sanctifying the state that protected it.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

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The same research found that 65% of finance leaders are dedicating 10% or more of their 2026 budgets to AI and automation, and that 79% report measurable returns from it.

— David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
After six years of dedicating ourselves to sleep—testing, reviewing, and cataloging our favorite picks for the annual Sleep Week—our shopping editors know a thing or two about curating a bedroom vibe.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026

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