self-consecration

noun

self-con·​se·​cra·​tion ˌself-ˌkän(t)-sə-ˈkrā-shən 

plural self-consecrations

: the act of dedicating oneself to a sacred purpose : the act of consecrating oneself

Every one … shares in Christ's self-consecration on our behalf.

—Thomas F. Torrance

At the same time, a tuft of hair is cut in a symbolic tonsure, an act of self-consecration to God.

—Katherine Clark

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above