to reconsecrate

Examples

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• The renovation, Giulio's most important religious commission executed during his lifetime, was essentially completed in 1544, and the transformed church was reconsecrated in 1547, one year after his death.

  Academic text (1999)

• The homogenizing effect of state religion, to which Zelinsky referred, is being deconstructed and, in some cases, reconsecrated under the impact of new religious influxes.

  Academic text (2003)

• The Continental will now be reconsecrated.

  John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

• The Vatican has purchased the abbey from the Vasquez family and reconsecrated the soil.

  The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

• Don Valeriano immediately decides that the church will have to be reconsecrated because of the sacrilege the colt's entry represents.

  Academic text (1993)

• The repairs took two-thirds the time of the original construction, but finally, on December 24, 563, Hagia Sophia was reconsecrated.

  Academic text (2003)

• In 1929, Florence privately printed a forgotten story of her husband's without consulting Cockerell, while in 1932 he took part in reconsecrating a church as a memorial to Hardy, an occasion to which Florence was not invited.

  Academic text (1990)

• From some of the world's most established, richest, and prestigious churches to small, eclectic, spiritually minded groups, resources of spiritual practice are being developed to help us acknowledge our wrongs, reconsecrate our connections to the earth, and celebrate its presence in our lives.

  Academic text (1999)

• The Archbishop will reconsecrate the church after it was vandalized last year.

• After the restoration was complete, the community gathered for the ceremony to reconsecrate the chapel.

Synonyms

R

to rededicate

vsto reconsecrate

7 5.9

To start giving time and effort to something again with new commitment

is a formal religious re-sanctioning after desecration rather than renewed personal commitment

How Sacred

to sanctify

24 7.4

to reconsecrate

• Formal

1 9.9

to consecrate

• Formal

33 7.4

to dedicate

• Formal

43 5.3

to bless

• Formal

624 3.5

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