enshrinements
Acts of honoring
Enshrinements are acts of preserving something as sacred or worthy of reverence.
The word appears most often in connection with halls of fame: The baseball enshrinements take place every July in Cooperstown.
More broadly, any formal elevation to protected status qualifies: the enshrinement of free speech in the Constitution.
Institution honoring the best
- inductionFormal admission process
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
- plaquesCommemorative mounted inscriptions
tributes · legacy · honors · recognition · immortalization · dedication ceremony · bronze bust · retired jersey
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- altarSacred ritual table
- reliquaryContainer for sacred remains
- tabernaclePortable sacred dwelling
temple · chapel · sacrament · holy site · sacred space · sanctuary · devotion · veneration
Stored historical documents
- museumPublic exhibit space
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
restoration · curation · exhibition · cataloging · documentation · collection · repository · time capsule
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- amendmentChange to official text
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
charter · bill of rights · ratification · legal protection · precedent · jurisprudence · enactment · decree
hall of fame
Institution honoring the best
- inductionFormal admission process
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
plaques · tributes · legacy · honors · recognition · immortalization · dedication ceremony · bronze bust · retired jersey · lifetime achievement
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- altarSacred ritual table
- reliquaryContainer for sacred remains
tabernacle · temple · chapel · sacrament · holy site · sacred space · sanctuary · devotion · veneration · pilgrimage
archives
Stored historical documents
- museumPublic exhibit space
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
artifacts · restoration · curation · exhibition · cataloging · documentation · collection · repository · time capsule · landmark designation
constitution
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- amendmentChange to official text
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
statute · charter · bill of rights · ratification · legal protection · precedent · jurisprudence · enactment · decree · mandate
enshrinementsdesecrations
Violations of sacred spaces
profanations · defilements · sacrileges · blasphemies · violations
enshrinementsremovals
Acts of taking away
expulsions · exclusions · revocations · disbarments · banishments
enshrinementsdestructions
Acts of obliterating completely
obliterations · abolitions · demolitions · annihilations · dismantlings