reˈconsecrate, v.
(riː-)
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. reconsacrer (16th c. in Littré Suppl.).]
trans. To consecrate again or anew.
| 1611 Cotgr., Resacrer, to reconsecrate. a 1711 Ken Sion Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 326 Should we to God re-consecrate the mind [etc.]. 1733 Neal Hist. Purit. II. 221 He interdicted the church and shut up the doors, till it should be reconsecrated. 1795–1814 Wordsw. Excurs. iv. 909 This scheme..would re-consecrate our wells To good Saint Fillan and to fair Saint Anne. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 386 Your passions, and your affections,..must all be bathed in a new element, and reconsecrated to your Maker. |
So reconseˈcration.
| 1763 Burn Eccl. Law I. 237 A church, once consecrated, may not be consecrated again..unless they be polluted by the shedding of blood; and in that case the canon supposes a reconsecration. 1847 W. Maskell Mon. Rit. III. p. cxlviii, There were some difficulties in deciding whether, if the altar was destroyed or removed, a reconsecration of the church would be required. |