A solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal).
Roget 987:
piety,
religion,
theism,
faith;
religiousness,
holiness
etc.
adj.;
saintship†;
religionism†;
sanctimony
etc.
(assumed piety)
988;
reverence
etc.
(respect)
928;
humility,
veneration,
devotion;
prostration
etc.
(worship)
990;
grace,
unction,
edification;
sanctity,
sanctitude†;
consecration.
spiritual existence,
odor of sanctity,
beauty of holiness.
theopathy†,
beatification,
adoption,
regeneration,
conversion,
justification,
sanctification,
salvation,
inspiration,
bread of life;
Body and Blood of Christ.
believer,
convert,
theist,
Christian,
devotee,
pietist†;
the good,
the righteous,
the just,
the believing,
the elect;
Saint,
Madonna,
Notre Dame [Fr.],
Our Lady.
the children of God,
the children of the Kingdom,
the children of the light.
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Roget 995:
church,
churchdom;
ministry,
apostleship†,
priesthood,
prelacy,
hierarch†,
church government,
christendom,
pale of the church.
clericalism,
sacerdotalism†,
episcopalianism,
ultramontanism†;
theocracy;
ecclesiology†,
ecclesiologist†;
priestcraft†,
odium theologicum [Lat.].
monachism†,
monachy†;
monasticism,
monkhood†.
[Ecclesiastical offices and dignities]
pontificate,
primacy,
archbishopric†,
archiepiscopacy†;
prelacy;
bishopric,
bishopdom†;
episcopate,
episcopacy;
see,
diocese;
deanery,
stall;
canonry,
canonicate†;
prebend,
prebendaryship†;
benefice,
incumbency,
glebe,
advowson†,
living,
cure;
rectorship†;
vicariate,
vicarship;
deaconry†,
deaconship†;
curacy;
chaplain,
chaplaincy,
chaplainship;
cardinalate,
cardinalship†;
abbacy,
presbytery.
holy orders,
ordination,
institution,
consecration,
induction,
reading in,
preferment,
translation,
presentation.
popedom†;
the Vatican,
the apostolic see;
religious sects
etc.
984.
council
etc.
696;
conclave,
convocation,
synod,
consistory,
chapter,
vestry;
sanhedrim,
conge d'elire [Fr.];
ecclesiastical courts,
consistorial court,
court of Arches.
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Roget 873:
distinction,
mark,
name,
figure;
repute,
reputation;
good repute,
high repute;
note,
notability,
notoriety,
eclat,
the bubble reputation"
[As You Like It],
vogue,
celebrity;
fame,
famousness;
renown;
popularity,
aura popularis [Lat.];
approbation
etc.
931;
credit,
succes d'estime [Fr.],
prestige,
talk of the town;
name to conjure with.
glory,
honor;
luster
etc.
(light)
420;
illustriousness
etc.
adj..
account,
regard,
respect;
reputableness
etc.
adj.†;
respectability
etc.
(probity)
939;
good name,
good report;
fair name.
dignity;
stateliness
etc.
adj.;
solemnity,
grandeur,
splendor,
nobility,
majesty,
sublimity.
rank,
standing,
brevet rank,
precedence,
pas,
station,
place,
status;
position,
position in society;
order,
degree,
baccalaureate,
locus standi [Lat.],
caste,
condition.
greatness
etc.
adj.;
eminence;
height
etc.
206;
importance
etc.
642;
preeminence,
supereminence;
high mightiness,
primacy;
top of the ladder,
top of the tree.
elevation;
ascent
etc.
305;
superaltation†,
exaltation;
dignification†,
aggrandizement.
dedication,
consecration,
enthronement,
canonization,
celebration,
enshrinement,
glorification.
hero,
man of mark,
great card,
celebrity,
worthy,
lion,
rara avis [Lat.],
notability,
somebody;
classman†;
man of rank
etc.
(nobleman)
875;
pillar of the state,
pillar of the church,
pillar of the community.
chief
etc.
(master)
745;
first fiddle
etc.
(proficient)
700;
cynosure,
mirror;
flower,
pink,
pearl;
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
choice and master spirits of the age;
elite;
star,
sun,
constellation,
galaxy.
ornament,
honor,
feather in one's cap,
halo,
aureole,
nimbus;
halo of glory,
blaze of glory,
blushing honors;
laurels
etc.
(trophy)
733.
memory,
posthumous fame,
niche in the temple of fame;
immortality,
immortal name;
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan].
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Roget 998:
rite;
ceremony,
ritual,
liturgy,
ceremonial;
ordinance,
observance,
function,
duty;
form,
formulary;
solemnity,
sacrament;
incantation
etc.
(spell)
993;
service,
psalmody
etc.
(worship)
990.
ministration;
preaching,
preachment;
predication,
sermon,
homily,
lecture,
discourse,
pastoral.
[Christian ritual for induction into the faith]
baptism,
christening,
chrism;
circumcision;
baptismal regeneration;
font.
confirmation;
imposition of hands,
laying on of hands;
ordination
etc.
(churchdom)
995;
excommunication.
[Jewish rituals]
Bar Mitzvah,
Bas Mitzvah [Fr.],
Bris.
Eucharist,
Lord's supper,
communion;
the sacrament,
the holy sacrament;
celebration,
high celebration;
missa cantata [Lat.];
asperges†;
offertory;
introit;
consecration;
consubstantiation,
transubstantiation;
real presence;
elements;
mass;
high mass,
low mass,
dry mass.
matrimony
etc.
903;
burial
etc.
363;
visitation of the sick.
seven sacraments,
impanation†,
subpanation†,
extreme unction,
viaticum,
invocation of saints,
canonization,
transfiguration,
auricular confession;
maceration,
flagellation,
sackcloth and ashes;
penance
etc.
(atonement)
952;
telling of beads,
processional;
thurification†,
incense,
holy water,
aspersion.
relics,
rosary,
beads,
reliquary,
host,
cross,
rood,
crucifix,
pax [Lat.],
pyx,
agnus Dei [Lat.],
censer,
thurible,
patera†;
eileton†,
Holy Grail;
prayer machine,
prayer wheel;
Sangraal†,
urceus†.
ritualism,
ceremonialism;
sabbatism†,
sabbatarianism†;
ritualist,
sabbatarian†.
holyday,
feast,
fast.
[Christian holy days]
Sabbath,
Pentecost;
Advent,
Christmas,
Epiphany;
Lent;
Passion week,
Holy week;
Easter,
Easter Sunday,
Whitsuntide;
agape,
Ascension Day,
Candlemas†,
Ash Wednesday,
Good Friday,
Holy Thursday;
Lammas,
Martinmas,
Michaelmas;
All SAint's DAy,
All Souls' Day.
[Moslem holy days]
Ramadan,
Ramazan;
Bairam
&c..
etc.
[Jewish holy days]
Passover;
Shabuoth;
Yom Kippur,
Day of Atonement;
Rosh Hashana,
New Year;
Hanukkah,
Chanukkah,
Feast of Lights;
Purim,
Feast of lots.
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