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She was buried on an island in the Spencers' Althorp estate, rather than a graveyard - and the book describes how a bishop was brought to consecrate the ground to make it possible.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Leo recently warned the group against moving forward with its plans to consecrate the bishops in open defiance of his authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

“It is defined by our congregants and by the strength of our shared purpose. Our crisis, our grief, our loss also contains within it the seeds of a rebirth that we consecrate this evening.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

Does Ocean fortify and consecrate his work by refusing to put more of it into the world?

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023

At church he has the power to forgive sins and consecrate the host.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

What’s actually there behind another list that consecrates the same albums that always appear on such lists, plus, for some godforsaken reason, Travis Scott’s Astroworld?

From Slate ● May 24, 2024

In her exaltation of women, she purifies and consecrates their desires.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 30, 2015

Male domination in the leadership of the Church of England is coming to an end, as the 500-year-old institution consecrates its first female bishop.

From Time ● Jan. 26, 2015

In its most traditional form, the priest consecrates the bread and wine in a whisper with his back to the congregation: anathema to those who think openness is the spirit of the age.

From Economist ● Dec. 13, 2012

Next day he consecrates a piece of ground by covering it with cow-dung and water, over which he says a long prayer.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

She returned to singing in 2001, with Mr. Sellars’s staging of two Bach cantatas as a consecrated meditation on death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

She said the square has been consecrated by dignitaries of all religious denominations in Ganvie, making it a respected place, both spiritual and symbolic.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Presiding over the service was Cardinal Robert Prevost, who is now Pope Leo XIV and whose devotion to Guadalupe is such that he was consecrated as a bishop 11 years ago this Dec. 12.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

When Bishop Dyer was consecrated in March 2018, Jen Bressers was in her final year of training to be a priest.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Dad reached into his pocket and withdrew a vial of consecrated oil, which he placed in my palm.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The Vatican declared a formal schism with the Society of St. Pius X, excommunicating its bishops and priests for consecrating four bishops without papal consent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The society sees consecrating new bishops as a necessity, arguing it has only two bishops left.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

These are the kinds of things you hear in line at Telluride, attendees hoping to do some consecrating and electing of their own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024

As the song came into bloom, an Eddie Vedder-shaped shadow led what felt like a secular hymnal consecrating the proceedings.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

After dinner we all went to the front room where the priest took a small book from his jacket to recite some prayers, consecrating our house and our family.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez