consecrate

She was buried on an island in the Spencers' Althorp estate, rather than a graveyard - and the book describes how a bishop was brought to consecrate the ground to make it possible.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“It is defined by our congregants and by the strength of our shared purpose. Our crisis, our grief, our loss also contains within it the seeds of a rebirth that we consecrate this evening.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

Capote perfectly captures the sacramental quality of the holiday—how, through the exhaustive labor of polishing and scrubbing, we consecrate the routine rooms of daily existence into a sanctuary for celebration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Does Ocean fortify and consecrate his work by refusing to put more of it into the world?

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023

“This is amazing. In the old days, the children of Vulcan would come here in secret to consecrate demigod weapons. This is where Imperial gold was enchanted.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

What’s actually there behind another list that consecrates the same albums that always appear on such lists, plus, for some godforsaken reason, Travis Scott’s Astroworld?

From Slate ● May 24, 2024

In her exaltation of women, she purifies and consecrates their desires.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 30, 2015

Male domination in the leadership of the Church of England is coming to an end, as the 500-year-old institution consecrates its first female bishop.

From Time ● Jan. 26, 2015

In its most traditional form, the priest consecrates the bread and wine in a whisper with his back to the congregation: anathema to those who think openness is the spirit of the age.

From Economist ● Dec. 13, 2012

As an offering to thee, golden Cytherea, Timo consecrates this spiral bracelet.

From Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite by Pierre Lou?s

Their presence may allude to the hymn “Panis Angelicus,” or “bread of angels,” written by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century as a poetic reference to the presence of Christ in the consecrated host.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

She said the square has been consecrated by dignitaries of all religious denominations in Ganvie, making it a respected place, both spiritual and symbolic.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Presiding over the service was Cardinal Robert Prevost, who is now Pope Leo XIV and whose devotion to Guadalupe is such that he was consecrated as a bishop 11 years ago this Dec. 12.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

When Bishop Dyer was consecrated in March 2018, Jen Bressers was in her final year of training to be a priest.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

These were foundations more in line with the literal meaning of the word museum—that is, places consecrated to the worship of the Muses.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The Vatican declared a formal schism with the Society of St. Pius X, excommunicating its bishops and priests for consecrating four bishops without papal consent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The society sees consecrating new bishops as a necessity, arguing it has only two bishops left.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Later that evening, Rocky himself made an appearance, effectively consecrating his own corner of the fair and Design.Space as a whole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

As the song came into bloom, an Eddie Vedder-shaped shadow led what felt like a secular hymnal consecrating the proceedings.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

After dinner we all went to the front room where the priest took a small book from his jacket to recite some prayers, consecrating our house and our family.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez