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

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

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

Sacration :: Sacration (n.) Consecration.

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

Reconsecration :: Reconsecration (n.) Renewed consecration.

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

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

Misconsecration :: Misconsecration (n.) Wrong consecration.

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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