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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Misconsecration :: Misconsecration (n.) Wrong consecration.

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Sacration :: Sacration (n.) Consecration.

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..

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