consecrating

It appears, from this passage, that the imposition of hands was a ceremony used in consecrating persons to holy offices in the ancient, as, from the example of our Lord and His apostles, it has been perpetuated in the Christian Church.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

But if I chose to tell you what I could relate of women from my own knowledge, you would make more signs of the cross than they do in consecrating a church.

The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre 1855

When the altar boy poured water from a cruet into the chalice, it was over the joined fingers and thumbs of the priest — the so-called consecrating fingers which hold the eucharistic host when pronouncing the words that transform it into Christ's body.

Scandal Wills, Garry 2002

There was something extraordinarily uplifting in the notion of consecrating one's talents to the State.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919 Various

He conceived and accomplished the idea of consecrating the beautiful chamber of the old House of Representatives as a Memorial Hall where should stand forever the statues of the great men of the States.

Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865

Observing that the lotos showed its head above water at sunrise, and sank again at his setting, they conceived the idea of consecrating this flower to Osiris, or the sun.

The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815

"But over time I really got into the rhythm of it and the idea of consecrating time which is a gift from God."

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2009

"But over time I really got into the rhythm of it and the idea of consecrating time which is a gift from God."

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

a preacher, are supposed to have suggested to Schiller the idea of consecrating himself to the clerical profession.

The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Thomas Carlyle 1838

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The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859