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Disconsecrate :: Disconsecrate (v. t.) To deprive of consecration or sacredness.

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..

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

Exaugurate :: Exaugurate (v. t.) To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow.

Misconsecration :: Misconsecration (n.) Wrong consecration.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tersanctus :: Tersanctus (n.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word Holy -- in its Latin form, Sanctus -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion..

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

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

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

Sacration :: Sacration (n.) Consecration.

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..

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

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

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