consecration
Making something holy
Consecration is the act of making something sacred or dedicating it to a holy purpose.
In religious contexts, it refers to rituals that set apart objects, places, or people for divine service: the consecration of a church, the consecration of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
A bishop's consecration formally installs them in office.
More broadly, consecration can mean solemn dedication to any cause: She viewed her work as a consecration to justice.
Making something sacred
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- anointingCeremonial oil application
- dedicateSet apart formally
hallow · holy · divine · veneration · exaltation · beatification · canonization · devotion
Ceremonial set of actions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
invocation · procession · vestments · incense · chanting · solemnity · officiant · altar
Profound shared closeness
- hostOne receiving guests
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- altarSacred ritual table
- transubstantiationChange of underlying substance
elevation · liturgy · paten · anamnesis · ablution · doxology · Mass · monstrance
Sincere religious devotion
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- faithTrust without proof
- prayerAddress to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
spirituality · fervor · zeal · commitment · observance · devoutness · solemnity · earnestness
Diocesan clergy head
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- cardinalOf foremost importance
deacon · prelate · diocese · laying on of hands · holy orders · miter · crosier · episcopal
hallowing
Making something sacred
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- anointingCeremonial oil application
dedicate · hallow · holy · divine · veneration · exaltation · beatification · canonization · devotion · glorification
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
blessing · invocation · procession · vestments · incense · chanting · solemnity · officiant · altar · liturgy
communion
Profound shared closeness
transubstantiation · elevation · liturgy · paten · anamnesis · ablution · doxology · Mass · monstrance · tabernacle
piety
Sincere religious devotion
worship · spirituality · fervor · zeal · commitment · observance · devoutness · solemnity · earnestness · religious life
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
cardinal · deacon · prelate · diocese · laying on of hands · holy orders · miter · crosier · episcopal · vocation
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- formal actswedding, baptism, coronation, inauguration, oath
- swearing inoath, vow, pledge, oath of office, judicial oath
- bestowed giftsblessing, talent, gift, grace, favor
- life changesmarriage, death, divorce, birth, graduation
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
consecrationdesecration
Violating something sacred
profanation · deconsecration · defilement · sacrilege · secularization
consecrationirreverence
Disregard for what's honored
impiety · blasphemy · profanity · disrespect · contempt