How to Use consecration in a Sentence

consecration

noun

• 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, charlotteobserver, 5 July 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This was, of course, a special occasion: a celebration late last fall commemorating his consecration as bishop 20 years ago.
  — Ted Koppel, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024