Since the war required ampler funds he was compelled to lay his hands25 on the sacred dedications and to plunder the oracle.
So much for the dedication of states' rights advocates to maintaining sacred cultural heritage!
Furthermore, the actions of the local government on behalf of the cathedral throughout the Revolution reveal the officials' dedication to preserving its structural stability and sacred character.
The find is also an important historical document, which records the dedication to the Phoenician goddess Astarte of a "sacred place" in the Etruscan sanctuary of Pyrgi by Thefarie Velianas, king of Caere, early in the 5th century bce.
Persons are rendered sacred by ordination or consecration or by other forms of dedication to the divine service by authority of the Church (e.g., by first tonsure, by religious profession).
Dedication in cartouche: To the most serene and most sacred majesty of Charles II by the grace of God, King of Great Brittain, France and Ireland.
These votive sculptures appear to have been purposely broken after dedication to Eshmun and then ceremoniously cast into the sacred canal, probably simulating the sacrifice of the sick child.
She is known to have written eight sacred legends in verse, two historical poems, three prefaces, several dedications in verse & prose, a poem about the revelation of St. John, & six rhymed dramas, most of them concerned with chastity or the redemption of fallen women.
In this context, reducing our carbon footprint would be a sacred act of contrition for our part in creating such inequality, as well as a dedication to the healing of the planet.
He assembled a book of sacred pieces that included this Vespers service and a six-voice Mass, and published them in Venice, with a dedication to Pope Paul V. In effect, the collection was a portfolio for prospective employers.
B.C. black-glazed, single-handled mugs, (one inscribed "kothon" and another "sacred to Poseidon") occur in at least eight different fabrics and in such high numbers that they were probably dedications.
