Sentence examples for it was consecrated from inspiring English sources

Gutted in 1689 and rebuilt several times, it was consecrated in 1961 after its most recent restoration.

"Each time I do, I make the sign of the cross, as it was consecrated as holy ground and its sale and subsequent abandonment reminded me of the Orthodox churches closed by the Communists.

It was consecrated and renamed two years later.

With the Christian reconquest of Spain in the 13th century, it was consecrated as a cathedral.

But then it was consecrated one more time, in 2001 on Sept. 11.

When it was consecrated, this was too much for the authorities.

Today Britain leads Europe on substantive rights for same-sex couples, Mr Wintemute says so restrictions on what the relationship is called and how it is consecrated seem petty.

Parishioners festively cut the sapling to be used as the badnjak and take it to their church, where it is consecrated by a priest before it is ceremonially placed on a fire built in the churchyard.

The great Muslim sanctuaries became Christian churches, and in 1149 the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, substantially as it exists today, was consecrated.

"We were in here before the cathedral was consecrated and it was a different atmosphere - it was like a workshop with people hammering, there was sawdust everywhere, people mopping up the floors," she said.

Hamas is to the Palestinians what the settlers are to Israel: it believes that the land was consecrated to Muslims by God, and is not negotiable.Divide and misruleForty years of conflict have convinced most Palestinians and Israelis that they are best off separating into two states.