reconsecrate
verb[T]
(alsore-consecrate)uk/ˌriːˈkɒn.sɪ.kreɪt/us/ˌriːˈkɑːn.sə.kreɪt/toofficiallymake aplaceholyagain andableto be used forreligiousceremoniesagain, after atimewhen it was not:
Rebuilt after thewar, thecathedralwas reconsecrated in 1962.
He had come from anearbyparishto re-consecrate thegraveyard.
- Thepriorystoodemptyforyearsand then was reconsecratedRomanCatholic.
- The Bishopplansto reconsecrate hischurchso that anyone whopassesthroughitsarchwaywill beofficiallycleansedofsinandentitledtoenterheaven.
- Thisidolatrywasseenas havingdesecratedthesacredsite, making itnecessaryfor thechapelto be re-consecrated.
Religious practices
- agarbatti
- allocution
- anoint
- anointment
- baptize
- evangelize
- faith healing
- flagellate
- flagellation
- fleishig
- genuflect
- proselyte
- proselytize
- prostration
- purdah
- rebaptize
- reborn
- sanctify
- unbaptized
- unction