consecration

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Just as they did in the 1980s, volunteers from right-wing Hindu organizations went door to door across hundreds of thousands of villages in the days before the temple’s consecration.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Modi has asked people to publicly celebrate the consecration by lighting lamps at homes and temples.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024

The War Requiem was commissioned to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962, after the original 14th Century building was destroyed in a World War Two bombing raid.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

Unlike earlier consecration oils, no ambergris — a product of whale intestine — was used, making the oil “vegan-friendly” according to media reports.

From Washington Times • Apr. 30, 2023

I imagined the plain wooden crucifix above the altar swinging back and forth as Father Amadi raised the host at consecration.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie