consecrated

a custom consecrated by time

The new church was consecrated by the Bishop.

a tradition consecrated by time.

The churchyard is consecrated ground.

They consecrated a temple to their god.

the present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845.

the gun room was a male preserve, consecrated to sport.

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He consecrated his life to helping the poor.

He then held a state funeral, with an effigy of Pertinax, and consecrated him as one of the deified emperors, adding a flamen and a Helvian sodales, who had previously been Marcian.

Behold, you have been made a priest, consecrated to celebrate Mass!See to it now that you offer sacrifice to God faithfully and devoutly at proper times, and that you conduct yourself blamelessly.

It culminates in the King's anointing with holy oil, which has been consecrated in Jerusalem.

Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.

Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the Lord.

" Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice" .

Women were first ordained as deacons in 1987 and as priests in 1994 and were first consecrated as bishops in 2015.

The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.

Seated there, the King will be anointed using an oil consecrated at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

Honour to those indefatigable spirits who consecrate their vigils to the amelioration or to the alleviation of their kind!

The Church of England will consecrate its third most senior female bishop at Canterbury Cathedral later today.

Or, if ye stay To note the consecrated hour, Teach me the airy way, And let me try your envied power.