Sentence examples for to consecrate a from inspiring English sources

He is an explosives trainee, but his job today is to consecrate a safe house.

The 47-year-old Taoist abbess was on a sacred mission: to consecrate a newly rebuilt temple to one of her religion's most important deities, the Jade Emperor.

It is legal for women to be excluded from the episcopate; in fact it would be illegal at present to consecrate a woman as a bishop.

In a few weeks' time, there's going to be a ceremony in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, to consecrate a shrine to the memory of Ted Hughes.

Church officials will commemorate that revival in their own way in September, when they plan to consecrate a huge new cathedral in Yerevan in St. Gregory's name.

Dance Theater Workshop opened its handsome new building and theater in Chelsea on Wednesday night with Ronald K. Brown's "Walking Out the Dark," a spellbinding ritualistic dance, both somber and joyful, that seemed aptly to consecrate a fresh beginning.

For almost 50 years the New York Film Festival has displayed a jewel box of auteurist treasure, doing its part to consecrate an international pantheon of important directors.

The novel's appearance under these auspices is, of course, an effort to consecrate it as a classic, but the attempt may have come too late.

In order to consecrate such offerings, a priest of ancient Egypt touched them with a sceptre (kherep).

With a roof finally in place, Pope Benedict was able to consecrate it as a basilica last year.

In fact, more often than not, when we see this phenomenon emerge it is to elevate and consecrate a particular interpretation of "America" in order to use it as a club against opponents.