CONSECRATIONS Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

consecrations

noun

plural of consecration

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the act of making something holy through religious ritual the consecration of the Host during Communion

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Recent Examples of consecrations Cruz, who traveled to Switzerland to witness the consecrations, said the first Sunday after returning to the Mount Holly church looked much like any other. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026 Wednesday's ceremony came 38 years to the day after Lefebvre was excommunicated alongside those four bishops — including Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, who led Wednesday's consecrations and was again excommunicated Thursday. — Noah Labelle, NPR, 2 July 2026 The Vatican’s doctrine office went above and beyond the minimum sanctions foreseen by the church’s canon law to respond to the consecrations Wednesday of four new bishops at the society’s Econe, Switzerland, seminary. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 But Pagliarani asked instead to meet with Leo, who declined but wrote a letter Tuesday begging the SSPX to call off the consecrations. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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blessings

Noun

Sometimes, what would look like to be my biggest mistakes turn out to be my biggest blessings.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
Finding the blessings among the challenges has long been a defining trait of Leake’s.

— Tricia Despres, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

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