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Episcopize :: Episcopize (v. t.) To make a bishop of by consecration.

Anoint :: Anoint (v. t.) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration..

Consecratory :: Consecratory (a.) Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory.

Anniversary :: Anniversary (n.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope..

Misconsecration :: Misconsecration (n.) Wrong consecration.

Antecommunion :: Antecommunion (n.) A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements..

Unction :: Unction (n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction..

Encenia :: Encenia (n. pl.) A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors..

Consecration :: Consecration (n.) The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

Sacration :: Sacration (n.) Consecration.

Disanoint :: Disanoint (v. t.) To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king..

Reconsecration :: Reconsecration (n.) Renewed consecration.

Veneration :: Veneration (n.) The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations..

Betroth :: Betroth (v. t.) To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration..

Offertory :: Offertory (n.) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration.

Host :: Host (n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration..

Devotion :: Devotion (n.) The act of devoting; consecration.

Sanctification :: Sanctification (n.) The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration..

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop..

Mass :: Mass (n.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host..

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