reconsecrate

verb

re·con·se·crate (ˌ)rē-ˈkän(t)-sə-ˌkrāt

reconsecrated; reconsecrating; reconsecrates

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transitive verb

: to consecrate (something) again

… reconsecrated the altar, thereby reclaiming the sacred space.—

Jill Fehleison

Today we reconsecrate our country to long-cherished ideals in a suddenly changed civilization.—

Franklin D. Roosevelt

reconsecration

(ˌ)rē-ˌkän(t)-sə-ˈkrā-shən

noun

plural reconsecrations

From its completion in 1743 as a Lutheran church, to its collapse near the end of World War II, to its reconsecration in 2005, the Frauenkirche has long had a special place in this medieval city.

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Tears and smiles could be seen at Congregation Beth Israel on Thursday as the members prepared to reconsecrate the synagogue after a gunman held Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others hostage almost three months ago. —

Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2022 Aymond explained that the ensuing ritual would reconsecrate the altar and the church to Christ. —

Sara Pagones | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Oct. 2020