Reconsecrate (Verb)
Meaning
Consecrate anew, as after a desecration.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The priest led a special ceremony to reconsecrate the church after it was desecrated by vandals.
- Efforts were made to reconsecrate the sacred site, which had been defiled by human remains from an unrelated burial.
- The ritual aimed to reconsecrate the mountain peak, where a tragic accident had disrupted the natural harmony.
- The temple's leaders organized a grand ceremony to reconsecrate their most sacred shrine, which had been unwittingly desecrated by an uninformed visitor.
- After thorough purification rites, the monks sought to reconsecrate the monastery that had suffered desecration at the hands of marauding invaders.