consecrations
Holy dedication ceremonies
Consecrations are acts of dedicating something to sacred or special purpose.
A church undergoes consecration when formally set apart for worship; a bishop receives consecration upon ordination.
The word extends beyond religion: the consecration of one's life to art, the consecrations of time and tradition.
Each consecration marks a transformation from ordinary to revered.
Clergy appointment ceremony
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- anointingCeremonial oil application
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- holy ordersSacrament conferring clergy status
episcopal · bishop · chrism · laying on of hands · priesthood · altar · vows · liturgy
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
blessing · solemnity · procession · incense · chanting · invocation · officiating · vestments
Change of underlying substance
- hostOne receiving guests
- communionProfound shared closeness
- massQuantity of matter
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
paten · bread · wine · elevation · liturgy · altar · priest · tabernacle
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- openingGap or start
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
unveiling · christening · memorial · monument · commemoration · landmark · plaque · cornerstone
ordination
Clergy appointment ceremony
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- anointingCeremonial oil application
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
holy orders · episcopal · bishop · chrism · laying on of hands · priesthood · altar · vows · liturgy · hallowing
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
rite · blessing · solemnity · procession · incense · chanting · invocation · officiating · vestments · altar
transubstantiation
Change of underlying substance
chalice · paten · bread · wine · elevation · liturgy · altar · priest · tabernacle · monstrance
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- openingGap or start
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
ribbon-cutting · unveiling · christening · memorial · monument · commemoration · landmark · plaque · cornerstone · civic
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- church serviceschurch service, weddings, high mass, funerals, communion
- offeringsburnt offering, altar offerings, sin offering, peace offering, oblations
consecrationsdesecrations
Violations of sacred spaces
profanations · defilements · sacrilege · blasphemies · violations
consecrationsdefrockings
Formal removal from clergy
excommunications · secularizations · revocations · depositions · interdictions