consecration
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Allen, from what I can tell, was not advocating for social revolution, or a total inversion of the market economy, or the consecration of a Marxist state.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
Just as they did in the 1980s, volunteers from right-wing Hindu organizations went door to door across hundreds of thousands of villages in the days before the temple’s consecration.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024
Modi has asked people to publicly celebrate the consecration by lighting lamps at homes and temples.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024
The War Requiem was commissioned to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962, after the original 14th Century building was destroyed in a World War Two bombing raid.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023
I imagined the plain wooden crucifix above the altar swinging back and forth as Father Amadi raised the host at consecration.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing consecration
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