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Recent Examples of sacralize The coronation merely confirms and sacralizes his inheritance. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023 Winner had signed up for that life, where all knowledge was guarded, sacralized under the official regime of secrecy. Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacralize
Verb
  • In another development, the Vatican announced that Francis would appear Sunday morning to bless faithful from his 10th floor suite at the hospital.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The Vatican announced that before returning to the Vatican, Francis would appear on Sunday morning to bless faithful from his 10th floor suite at the hospital.
    Giada Zampano, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Bergoglio was consecrated into the priesthood as a Jesuit, a religious order explicitly averse to moving up within the ranks of the church hierarchy.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The creators of this medieval masterpiece have been lost to time, but it’s believed to have been commissioned by Odo, bishop of Bayeux and William’s half-brother, to decorate the nave of the new cathedral of Notre-Dame of Bayeux, which was consecrated in 1077.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • After the film climaxes in a predictable shootout, the title character − a Mexican cartel leader who undergoes gender-affirming surgery and is reborn as an activist − is sanctified and immortalized.
    Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • God is so intimately present to his friends, the saints, that their very bodies are sanctified by his presence.
    Therese Cory, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025

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“Sacralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacralize. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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