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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The star is blessing Swifties with a movie to accompany her new album.—
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Most recently, her work has gone viral after blessing the tresses of not one but three Love Island USA favorites.—
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Along with dedicating her 2023 film Priscilla to her mother, Sofia, 54, also penned the introduction to her late mother’s memoir.—
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8 Oct. 2025
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Guido eventually became a Dominican friar, dedicating himself to making art within the mendicant order; after his death, in 1455, he became known as Fra Angelico, or the Angelic Friar.—
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Air Mail,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Sacralizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacralizing. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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