rededicate
verb[T]
(alsore-dedicate)uk/ˌriːˈded.ɪ.keɪt/us/ˌriːˈded.ə.keɪt/rededicateverb[T](GIVE TIME/ENERGY)
todecideto giveyourenergy,time,money, etc. to something again after aperiodoftimewhen you gave it to somethingelse:
He haschosento rededicate himselftohis ownscholarlyactivities.
We rededicateourselvestotheworkofbuildingabetterand morehopefulworld.
He said hewantedto rededicate hispartytoitshistoricgoalof "equalityofopportunityfor all".
- Hishealthproblemspromptedhim to rededicate himself to hisreligion.
- Sheaskedsupportersto rededicate themselves toimprovingtheircommunitiesand thenation.
- Heintroducedaplanto rededicatefundingtoroads.
Giving oneself
- dedicate
- devotesomethingtosomething/someone
- giveyourlife tosomethingidiom
- life
- rededication
rededicateverb[T](building)
to have aceremonyat which abuildingor otherstructureisformallydeclaredfor the second, third, etc.timeto have aparticularpurpose, such as tohonour:
In 992 themonasterywas rededicatedtoSaint Gregory.
The Ancient Greekstriedto rededicate thetempletothegodZeus in 168BC.
Wichitatriballeadersgatheredfor the rededication of thestatehistoricalmarkerfor the WacoIndianVillage in 2019.
- Aceremonywasheldat thechurchyesterdayto rededicate it andcommittoitsfuturerestoration.
- Well over one hundredyearsafteritscompletion, the Athenians rededicated thismonumentto theRomanEmperor Tiberius.
- Troopstriumphantlymarchedinto thetemple,readyto rededicate it.
Ceremonies
- anti-ritualism
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremonially
- ceremony
- dub
- induction
- initiate
- installation
- investiture
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- memorial service
- pageant
- rite of passage
- ritual
- ritualistic
- ritualistically
- salute
- troop
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Religious ceremonies & prayers