reconsecrate
verb [ T ] (also re-consecrate) uk/ˌriːˈkɒn.sɪ.kreɪt/ us/ˌriːˈkɑːn.sə.kreɪt/
重新供奉;重新祝圣
to officially make a place holy again and able to be used for religious ceremonies again, after a time when it was not
Rebuilt after the war, the cathedral was reconsecrated in 1962.
He had come from a nearby parish to re-consecrate the graveyard. 他从附近的一个教区来重新祝圣墓地。
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- The priory stood empty for years and then was reconsecrated Roman Catholic.
- The Bishop plans to reconsecrate his church so that anyone who passes through its archway will be officially cleansed of sin and entitled to enter heaven.
- This idolatry was seen as having desecrated the sacred site, making it necessary for the chapel to be re-consecrated.