| Upon completion of the retreat, a number of sacred ceremonies were conducted, including consecration of the statues in the garden. |
| Divine activities do not seem to be limited only to forms which have undergone ritual consecration. |
| Housewives dressed in their most elaborate peasant costumes carry the Easter foods to church for consecration by the parish priest. |
| He may then proceed to the final consecration of the furniture of the temple. |
| He is supposed by the retailers of the fable to have had knowledge of the mock consecration. |
| Such preparations marked a building's dedication and consecration to the service of God. |
