reconsecration
noun[U]
(alsore-consecration)uk/ˌriː.kɒn.sɪˈkreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌriː.kɑːn.sɪˈkreɪ.ʃən/theactorprocessofofficiallymaking aplaceholyagain andableto be used forreligiousceremoniesagain, after atimewhen it was not:
Colonisingforceskeptthesitesfor re-consecration to newgods.
The reconsecration of thecemeterywasconductedat anecumenicalservice.
- After beingmoved, thealtarcould be used again without any reconsecration, after asimpleceremonyofreconciliation.
- The "War Requiem" wascomposedfor the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962.
- If achurchyardwasdefiledbybloodshed, then reconsecration wasnecessary.
Religious practices
- agarbatti
- allocution
- anoint
- anointment
- baptize
- evangelize
- faith healing
- flagellate
- flagellation
- fleishig
- genuflect
- proselyte
- proselytize
- prostration
- purdah
- rebaptize
- reborn
- sanctify
- unbaptized
- unction