reconsecration
noun [ U ] (also re-consecration) uk/ˌriː.kɒn.sɪˈkreɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌriː.kɑːn.sɪˈkreɪ.ʃən/
重新供奉;重新祝圣
the act or process of officially making a place holy again and able to be used for religious ceremonies again, after a time when it was not
Colonising forces kept the sites for re-consecration to new gods. 殖民势力保留了这些场地，以便重新奉献给新的神灵。
The reconsecration of the cemetery was conducted at an ecumenical service.
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- After being moved, the altar could be used again without any reconsecration, after a simple ceremony of reconciliation.
- The "War Requiem" was composed for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962.
- If a churchyard was defiled by bloodshed, then reconsecration was necessary.