reconsecrate
verb
re·con·se·crate
(ˌ)rē-ˈkän(t)-sə-ˌkrāt
reconsecrated; reconsecrating; reconsecrates
: to consecrate (something) again
… reconsecrated the altar, thereby reclaiming the sacred space.—Jill Fehleison
Today we reconsecrate our country to long-cherished ideals in a suddenly changed civilization.—Franklin D. Roosevelt
reconsecration
noun
plural reconsecrations
From its completion in 1743 as a Lutheran church, to its collapse near the end of World War II, to its reconsecration in 2005, the Frauenkirche has long had a special place in this medieval city.
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