Hugh de Wells, the chancellor, being elected by the king's appointment Bishop of Lincoln, upon a vacancy in that see, desired leave to go abroad, in order to receive consecration from the Archbishop of Rouen; but he no sooner reached France than he hastened to Pontigny, where Langton then resided, and paid submissions to him as his primate.

I think it means perfect consecration....

So being strong in spirit, though but very feeble in the flesh, he could not go to his oratory on foot; but from his strong desire to attend the consecration of the Lord's body, which he venerated with a special feeling of devotion, he caused himself to be carried thither every day in a chair.

Within its confines bubbles the spring which sprang from the tomb of that later Olaf who is the patron saint of Norway, and somewhere under its walls lie moldering the bones of medieval kings, four of whom accepted their consecration before the altar where King Haakon received his crown.

Let her fulfil her mission, and complete The consecration of our father's house, Me to their purified abode restore, And place upon my brow the ancient crown!

No man, the firmest or the most obtuse, could be otherwise than deeply agitated, when looking down upon this little brookso insignificant in itself, but invested by law with a sanctity so awful, and so dire a consecration.

Possibly, some carnal minister, some priest of pious aspect and hidden infidelity, had dispelled the consecration of the holy edifice by his pretence of prayer, and thus made it the resort of unhappy ghosts and sorcerers and devils.

The ancient prerogative of the Grand Master is, however, preserved in the fact, that after a lodge has been thus warranted by the Grand Lodge, the ceremony of constituting it, which embraces its consecration and the installation of its officers, can only be performed by the Grand Master in person, or by his special Deputy appointed for that purpose.

" She has given the secret of the moor country in a phrase: "I felt the consecration of its loneliness."

This intimate and infinite sense of obligation finds its highest expression, on the secular side, and takes on the touch of mystery, in those great men of action who have believed themselves in a special manner servants of God, and in great poets who found some consecration in their calling.

Still she lacks the consecration of the stage where Mars and Rachel shone.

I do not think a child of God ever makes a consecration that is not tested in some form or other.

These matters settled, Augustus dedicated that spacious hall: yet to Gaius and to Lucius he gave once and for all powers to officiate at all similar consecrations, on the strength of a kind of consular authority (founded on precedent) that they were to use.

They asked in reply whether, if they did so, they should omit the consecration of the bell, but the king said, "How can that be omitted?

His fine nature, no doubt, prompted the consecration, but the old devotedness spurred him to emulation of those who had gone before.

Anselm, on his part, agreed that no prelate should be refused consecration who was nominated by the King.

She remembered her consecration and felt willing in her heart to obey; but she shrank from telling her parents.

" Some six months before she died she wrote thus about this hymn, "I had a great time early this morning, renewing the never-regretted consecration.

"Resolved, That the women of the Revolution were not wanting in heroism and self-sacrifice, and we, their daughters, are ready, in this War, to pledge our time, our means, our talents, and our lives, if need be, to secure the final and complete consecration of America to freedom.

Success, too, attended Columcille's ministrations among the Dalriadans, and on the death of their king, Aidan Gabhran, who succeeded to the throne, sought regal consecration from the hands of Columcille.

Till good Sylvester, pious father, sheds Heaven's holy consecration on your heads, As brother and as sister chaste remain!

When she reached the art gallery which Mrs. Fairford had named she found it even more crowded than Fifth Avenue; and some of the ladies and gentlemen wedged before the pictures had the "look" which signified social consecration.

Yet it seemed once that if I ever trod that earth, then beneath my feet, there would be thenceforth a consecration in my life, a holy essence, a purer inspiration on the lips, a surer faith in the heart.

Thy road is ready; and thy paths made straight With longing expectation wait The consecration of thy beauteous feet.

And I know of no more fitting place to have a patriotic celebration than in this great city, which witnessed the first consecration of liberty and of the Republic.