Definition of "consecratory" []

• That consecrates (adjective)
• Of or pertaining to consecration (adjective)

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• "Instead, the regnant spirit of the New Acropolis Museum's opening turned out to be a departed diva of the silver screen, Melina Mercouri, the actress-turned-politician whose name was repeatedly invoked at the ceremony, and over whose grave in Athens's First Cemetery prayers were said as part of the consecratory observances."
• "According to the traditional order of the liturgy the consecratory prayer anaphora leads to the communion of the faithful."
• "Something of the Roman chant about it, consecratory almost, as if we're to be impressed by its mere mention."