How to Use consecration in a Sentence

consecration

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  • The sunny day started with a consecration of the grounds, at each of the four corners of the church.
    — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 5 May 2018
  • They Fall opens the way many a revenge tale opens: a bloody consecration that sends our hero on his way.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The Mass will include the same prayer of consecration the pope will offer at the Vatican.
    — Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • For most chefs, opening a full-fledged restaurant in New York is a dream come true, a consecration of sorts.
    — Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Mozart wrote this piece for the consecration of a new orphanage church.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2022
  • This is Herrero’s chance for consecration as one of France’s great TV auteurs.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The cathedral did hold a modest service in June in its Chapel of the Virgin, marking 850 years since the consecration of the cathedral's altar.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2019
  • More than 300 people came to the chapel’s consecration service on July 9.
    — Julie Zauzmer, Washington Post, 16 July 2017
  • Eight days after the birth, as was customary, the infant was taken to Herod's Temple in Jerusalem for consecration.
    — Jay Parini, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
  • One of the images ended up on the cover of Italian Vogue: a consecration that established Stella as a star.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The final election for the position is April 30, and the consecration of the bishop is scheduled for September 17.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Jan. 2022
  • As an act of consecration and setting aside, the anointing of kings was in many ways comparable to the ordination of high priests.
    — Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • Just stepping into it and then ducking deep feels like some sort of ceremony of consecration, one that is well worth the journey to get here.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2019
  • In the war of memory, the commemoration and consecration of the dead is one battleground.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 25 July 2017
  • As the 250th anniversary of the church’s consecration approaches, the pews are mostly empty on Sunday.
    — Paul Schrader, New York Times, 17 May 2018
  • Since then, the town has become a capital of youth basketball with tournaments in honor of the chapel’s consecration.
    — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • A year later, still grieving, Hadrian began his last imperial visit to Athens for the consecration of the Olympieion.
    — History Magazine, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The new bishop acknowledged the timing of her consecration, which fell a day after the anniversary of the allowance for female bishops in the Episcopal Church.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The end of the story played out in the grim and foreordained American humiliation that unfolded over the past week — the consecration of the U.S. military loss.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021
  • The consecration of one near the village of Omto is followed by a rally of some 2,000 tribal men carrying primitive weapons.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • The consecration ceremony followed years of prayer and discernment — and involved a bit of a learning curve for the Archdiocese.
    — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2017
  • The consecration ceremony followed years of prayer and discernment – and involved a bit of a learning curve for the Archdiocese.
    — Ann Zaniewski, charlotteobserver, 5 July 2017
  • Crossing the final checkpoint into a battle zone feels like a consecration.
    — Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2022
  • The consecration of Elisa and fish-man’s love is almost incidental; their on-screen chemistry is fantastic.
    — Esquire, 23 Feb. 2018
  • One change instructed parishioners to kneel after the Agnus Dei during the consecration.
    — oregonlive.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Nelson emerges as the quieter force, with Winnie essential to his consecration.
    — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Each time a new temple is dedicated, the church offers open houses before the consecration.
    — Julie Zauzmer, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2017
  • As the church prepares for a consecration ceremony to cleanse the property of bad vibes, Grace senses something sinister afoot.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In the apostle’s absence, his older brother, Pastor Benjamin Joaquin Garcia, gave the consecration.
    — Jeff Parrott, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2019
  • Devotees descended on the temple despite calls to wait until the high-security consecration had ended.
    — Hari Kumar Atul Loke, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024

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