Word Meanings - CONSECRATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication. Until the days of your consecration be at an end. Lev. viii. 33. Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. South.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONSECRATION)

• Devotion
• Piety
• devoutness
• religiousness
• dedication
• self-abandonment
• consecration
• ardor
• self-surrender
• self-sacrifice
• love
• attachment
• Sanctification
• Justification
• absolution
• holiness

Related words: (words related to CONSECRATION)

• DEVOTIONALLY
  In a devotional manner; toward devotion.
• PIETY
  1. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler. 2. Duty; dutifulness;
• DEDICATION
  1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple. 2. A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a
• DEVOUTNESS
  Quality or state of being devout.
• JUSTIFICATION
  The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer. (more info) 1. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to
• CONSECRATION
  The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication. Until the days of your consecration be at an end. Lev. viii. 33. Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. South.
• DEVOTIONAL
  Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.
• RELIGIOUSNESS
  The quality of being religious.
• SANCTIFICATION
  1. The act of sanctifying or making holy; the being sanctified or made holy; esp. , the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to, a supreme love to God; also, the state
• DEVOTION
  1. The act of devoting; consecration. 2. The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness. Genius animated
• DEVOTIONALITY
  The practice of a devotionalist. A. H. Clough.
• SELF-SACRIFICE
  The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.
• DEVOTIONALIST; DEVOTIONIST
  One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.
• HOLINESS
  1. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! Ex. xv. 11. 2. The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship;
• ARDOR
  Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim. Syn. -- Fervor; warmth; eagerness. See Fervor. (more info) 1. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays. 2. Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with
• ABSOLUTION
  An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. (more info) 1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . granting absolution to the nation." Froude.
• ATTACHMENT
  1. The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; anas, an attachment to a friend, or to a party. 2. That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
• MELANCHOLINESS
  The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.
• SELF-DEVOTION
  The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self- devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
• MISCONSECRATION
  Wrong consecration.
• REATTACHMENT
  The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
• UNSANCTIFICATION
  Absence or lack of sanctification. Shak.
• IRRELIGIOUSNESS
  The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
• MISDEVOTION
  Mistaken devotion.
• UNDEVOTION
  Absence or want of devotion.
• PREDEDICATION
  A dedication made previously or beforehand.
• RECONSECRATION
  Renewed consecration.