sacralizationn.
/ˌsakrəlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ Cultural Anthropology.
The action or fact of endowing with sacred qualities. Also transferred. Cf. desacralization n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > [noun]
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devouement1611
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sacralization1918
society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > [noun] > of church
church hallowingOE
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sacralization1918
1918 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics X. 897/1 This ‘sacralization’ is not proved for sacrifice generally, either savage or civilized.
1937 ‘C. Caudwell’ Illusion & Reality vi. 112 To the capitalist commodity-fetishism takes the form of sacralisation of the common market-denomination of all commodities—money.
1954 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties i. ii. 122 Totalitarian parties are in the ‘sacred’ category... The Party is personified (with a capital letter: a typical characteristic of ‘sacralization’), the all-powerful infallible, protective, transcendent Party.
1958 G. W. Bromiley tr. Barth Ch. Dogmatics IV. ii. 667 It [sc. the Church] may fall victim either to alienation (secularisation) or self-glorification (sacralisation).
1976 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 6 Aug. 7/4 [Stanley] Spencer's sacralization is often concerned with transforming profane, urban or suburban icons.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Aug. 902/5 Unexpected, if partial, justifications of..boredom in church, learning by rote, the sacralization of war.
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