CONSECRATION Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

consecration

noun

ˌkän(t)-sə-ˈkrā-shən

Definition of consecration

as in purification

the act of making something holy through religious ritual the consecration of the Host during Communion

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Recent Examples of consecration Cruz, who traveled to Switzerland to witness the consecrations, said the first Sunday after returning to the Mount Holly church looked much like any other. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026 The Vatican’s doctrine office went above and beyond the minimum sanctions foreseen by the church’s canon law to respond to the consecrations Wednesday of four new bishops at the society’s Econe, Switzerland, seminary. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 The latest consecrations could prompt Pope Leo to end the Vatican's decades of dialogue with the breakaway society. — Noah Labelle, NPR, 2 July 2026 The consecrations had posed a crisis for Leo because the American pope has stressed the need for church unity. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for consecration

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Noun

In electrolysis, compression, purification, storage and blending, oxygen measurement can support safety logic, gas purity verification, ventilation strategy, leak detection and process optimization.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
For instance, the Colorado River water that CAP pumps to the cities is relatively clean and requires less purification in municipal treatment plants than what comes out of some groundwater basins or down the Salt River.

— Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of purification

Noun

And now Ripp, who has his own contentious family connection to Joel, had both Mann and Mazur’s blessings to make a movie with it.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Amache Prowers Memorial Park CBS There was a blessing of the park Tuesday morning during its opening.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of blessing

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After Fuqua does interesting work sowing seeds of folly amid the star’s glorious rise, the movie gives up and turns to total sanctification.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
The sanctification of Lee and other Confederate leaders, in turn, pushed the complexities of the surrender and of the Civil War era into the shadows, allowing the myth of Appomattox to flourish for more than a century.

— Made by History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025

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