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• The Form of Consecration of a Church or Chappel, and of the Place of Christian Burial (1675), by Lancelot Andrewes (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Pattern of Catechistical Doctrine, and Other Minor Works of Lancelot Andrewes, Sometime Lord Bishop of Winchester (Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1846), by Lancelot Andrewes (multiple formats at Google)
• Studies in church dedications; or, England's patron saints (Skeffington & son, 1899), by Frances Egerton Arnold-Forster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A jubilee memorial of the consecration of Christ Church, Cambridge, which took place June 27th, 1839. To which is prefixed a short history of Barnwell Priory, from its foundation to the present time. (W. Heffer, 1889), by William White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dedications and patron saints of English churches; ecclesiastical symbolism; saints and their emblems. With 252 illustrations. (Oxford University Press, 1914), by Francis Bond (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ritus benedictionis et impositionis primarii lapidis pro ecclesia aedificanda, consecrationis ecclesiae et altarium et benedictionis signi vel campanae (Pustet, 1887), by Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the dedications of American churches : an enquiry into the naming of churches in the United States, some account of English dedications, and suggestions for future dedications in the American church (Printed at the Riverside Press, 1891), by Daniel Berkeley Updike and Harold Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catechistical doctrine, A pattern of. (J. H. Parker, 1846), by Lancelot Andrewes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Joy in the dedication of the sanctuary : a sermon delivered January 22, 1845, at the dedication of the house of worship, erected by the Calvinistic Congregational Church and Society, Fitchburg, Mass. (Published by S. & C. Shepley, 1845), by Ebenezer Waters Bullard and Mass.) Calvinistic Congregational Church (Fitchburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon, preached at the dedication of the First Congregational Church in New York, Jan. 20, 1821 (Published by Cummings and Hilliard ... and Oliver Everett ..., 1821), by Edward Everett and N.Y.) First Congregational Church in New-York (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principles of the Reformation. A sermon preached November 16, 1826, at the dedication of the house of public worship of the First Congregational Society in Salem. ... (Printed by Warwick Palfray, Jr., 1826), by Charles Wentworth Upham and James Flint (page images at HathiTrust)
• The name of Christian the only appropriate name for believers in Christ. A sermon, preached at the dedication of the Third Congregational Church in Cambridge. Dec. 25, 1827. ... (Hilliard, Metcalf, and Co., printers to the University., 1828), by Charles Lowell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon, preached February 15, 1826, at the dedication of a new church, erected for the use of the South Parish in Portsmouth / by Nathan Parker. (John W. Foster., 1826), by Nathan Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address delivered at the laying of the corner-stone of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Bolton, July 9, 1828. ... Published at the request of the building committee. (Printed by Ferdinand and Joseph Andrews., 1828), by Joseph Vaill and F. and J. Andrews (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse delivered at the dedication of the First meeting-house of the First church and society in Somerville, Mass., on Wednesday, September 3, 1845 (James Munroe, 1845), by George Edward Ellis, Torry Thurston, and James Munroe and Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Form of consecrating a church (J. Neilson, 1804) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The form of prayer and ceremonies used at the consecration of churches and burial-grounds (s.n.], 1851), by United Church of England and Ireland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Form of prayer and ceremonies to be used at the consecration of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, on Tuesday, the 18th June, 1867 (s.n.], 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cérémonie de la consécration d'une église à l'usage des fidèles avec un commentaire littéral, historique et mystique (s.n.], 1907), by Joseph Saint-Denis and Église catholique (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dedication of the restored meeting house of the First Parish in Concord, Thursday, October 3rd, 1901. (Concord, Mass. : [The Parish], [1901?], 1901), by Mass.) First Parish in Concord (Concord (page images at HathiTrust)
• Studies in church dedications : or, England's patron saints (Skeffintong & Son, 1899), by Frances Arnold-Forster (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon delivered at the dedication of the North Congregational Church, in Hartford, December 1, 1824. ... (Printed by Goodwin & Co., 1825), by Joel Hawes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Words set to the dedicatory poem : sung at Berkshire, N.Y. July 4th, 1817. (s.n., 1817), by Addison Penoyer and D. W. Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The consecration of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Whitsunday, May 15, 1921, 11 A.M. (Washburn Press, 1921), by N.C.) St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Charlotte (page images at HathiTrust)
• Order of service at the consecration of St. Luke's Church, Lincolnton, N.C., August 12, 1886. (St. Luke's Church, 1886), by N.C.) St. Luke's Church (Lincolnton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached at the dedication of the church in Hanover Street, Boston, March 1, 1826. ... (Printed by Flagg and Gould., 1826), by Moses Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)

• St. John's Church, Langley, opening service, May 8th, 1859 special hymns composed for the occasion. (s.n., 1859), by William Burton Crickmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Form of consecration of a new church in the diocese of Columbia and Vancouver 1860 (s.n., 1860), by United Church of England and Ireland (page images at HathiTrust)

• A sermon preached August the 19th, 1684, at the consecration of the Lord VVeymouth's Chapel in Long-Leat (Printed by Miles Flesher for Henry Clements ... and sold by Walter Davis ..., 1684), by Richard Roderick (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dedications & patron saints of English churches; ecclesiastical symbolism; saints and their emblems (H. Milford, 1914), by Francis Bond (page images at HathiTrust)
• The form of consecration of a church or chappel.: And of the place of Christian buriall. / Exemplified by the R.R.F. in God, Lancelot late lord-bishop of Winchester, in the consecration of the Chappel of Jesus in the foresaid diocess. (London : Sold by T. Garthwait at the little North-door of S. Pauls, 1659), by Lancelot Andrewes (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Christ's promise to be present where two or three meet together in his name: considered in a sermon, preached the 25th March, 1771, the anniversary of laying the foundation of the Orphan-House Academy in Georgia, before His Excellency James Wright, Esquire, captain-general and governor in chief, and a great number of principal inhabitants of the said province, at the opening of the new chapel lately erected there, / by Edward Ellington, late chaplain at the said house. ; With an appendix giving a short account of the proceedings on that occasion. ; [Three lines from John] (Savannah: : Printed by James Johnston., [1771]), by Edward Ellington and Ga.) Bethesda Orphan House (Savannah (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The duty, advantages, and pleasure of public worship, illustrated in a sermon, preached at the dedication of the meeting-house, in the vicinity of Dartmouth College, December 13, 1795. : Published at the request of the hearers. / By John Smith, A.M. professor of the learned languages, at said college. ; [One line of Scripture text] (Hanover [N.H.]; : Printed by Dunham and True., M,DCC,XCV. [1795]), by John Smith (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Words set to the dedicatory poem : sung at Berkshire, N.Y. July 4th, 1817. (s.n., 1817), by Addison Penoyer and D. W. Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Consécration de la Basilique de Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, 16 mai 1889 (s.n.], 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached at the dedication of St. Paul's Church, in the seigniory of St. Armand, Lower Canada, on the 28th July A.D. 1811 (Printed by Nahum Mower ..., 1811), by Charles Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sermon preached at the consecration of St. Matthew's Church, Quebec, on All Saints' Day, 1892 (s.n.], 1892), by Henry Roe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ancient church dedications in Scotland; non-scriptural dedications. (D. Douglas, 1914), by James M. Mackinlay (page images at HathiTrust)

• Services and sermons at the laying of the corner stone and dedication of St. Mary's Church, Marshall, Michigan, as reported by the Marshall statesman : to which is added the discussion between Rev. H.M. Morey and Rev. P.A. Baart ... anent Magna Charta and the church. (Statesman Print., 1890), by Henry M. Morey and Peter A. Baart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dedication of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church ; Sunday, October fourteenth nineteen hundred and six; morning and evening service. ([The Church], 1906), by N.Y.) Madison Square Presbyterian Church (New York, David H. Greer, William Herbert Perry Faunce, William Adams Brown, George Alexander, and George R. Montgomery (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon delivered at the dedication of the second Congregational Church, in Worcester, Aug. 20, 1829 (Griffin and Morrill Printers, 1829), by Aaron Bancroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• The apostolic succession : its inner grace : a sermon preached at the dedication of the Fowler Memorial Chapel of the Leeds Clergy School, on July 28th, 1896 / Talbot Collection of British Pamphlets (Richard Jackson, Commercial Street, 1896), by Church of England. Diocese of Truro. Bishop (1891-1906 : Gott) and John Gott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christian worship : a discourse delivered at the dedication of the Unitarian Church, in Wheeling, Va. on the evening of the 15 May, 1852 (Printed by John D. Toy, 1852), by George Washington Burnap (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse delivered at the dedication of the chapel of the Church of the Saviour, Sunday, April 19, 1846 (W. Crosby & H. P. Nichols, 1846), by R. C. Waterston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two discourses delivered before the First Parish in Cambridge : one, upon leaving the Old Meeting House, and the other, at the dedication of the new. (J. Munroe, 1834), by William Newell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Withington's dedication sermon. (Warwick Palfray, Jun., 1832), by Leonard Withington (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse preached at the dedication of the Second Congregational Unitarian Church, New York December 7, 1826 (Second Congregational Unitarian Church by David Felt, 1827), by William Ellery Channing and N.Y.) Second Congregational Unitarian Church (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse, delivered at the dedication of a new house of worship, erected for the Second Congregation Society in Marblehead, January 2d, A.D. 1833. (H. Blaney, 1833), by John Bartlett, John Boardman, and Samuel Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Stone's dedication sermon, 1838. (Gazette Office, 1838), by Edwin Martin Stone (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached at the consecration of a chappel in the house of John Collins, Esq; of Chute in Wiltshire ... (J. Edwin, 1674), by Joseph Kelsey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discourse delivered at the dedication of the First Presbyterian Church in the city of Cincinnati, September 21st, A.D. 1851 ([s.n.], 1851), by Samuel R. Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address delivered at the laying of the corner-stone of a house of worship for the First Congregational Society in Somerville, Sept. 28, 1844 (Metcalf and Company, 1844), by Richard Manning Hodges (page images at HathiTrust)
• The moral power of the sanctuary : the first sermon preached in the new meeting-house of the First Parish in Ipswich, at its dedication, February 4, 1847 (Daniel Kimball, 1847), by David T. Kimball and Mass.) First Congregational Church (Ipswich (page images at HathiTrust)
• The church the pillar and ground of the truth : a sermon delivered at the opening of the lecture room of the First Presbyterian Church, New Albany, Ind. (Anderson & Warren, 1853), by John McMillan Stevenson and Ind.) First Presbyterian Church (New Albany (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached September 2, 1828, at the dedication of the new chapel connected with Williams College, Massachusetts. .. (Printed by Ridley Bannister., 1828), by Edward Dorr Griffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sermon prononcé par le R.P. Faure, O.M.I. a l'occasion du dévoilement de "l'Autel souvenir", en l'église Saint-Sauveur, le 17 octobre 1920. (s.n., 1920), by Alexandre Faure (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• L'église paroissiale allocution prononcée à New-Bedford, Mass., dans l'église de Saint-Antoine de Padoue, le 28 novembre 1912 (s.n., 1912), by J.-M. Émard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sermon preached at the rededication of the house of worship of the Evangelical Congregational Church in Harvard, Mass. (The Church, 1882), by Frederic A. Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
• Benediction of the nave of Truro Cathedral. (Heard & Sons, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• St. Paul's within the walls; an account of the American Chapel at Rome, Italy, together with the sermons preached in connection with its consecration, Feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 1876. (D. Appleton, 1878), by Robert Jenkins Nevin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dedication of the restored meeting house of the First Parish in Concord, Thursday, October 3rd, 1901. (Concord, Mass. : [The Parish], [1901?], 1901), by Mass.) First Parish in Concord (Concord (page images at HathiTrust)
• The place where God records his name : a discourse, at the dedication of the Second Presbyterian Church, on Friday evening, Jan. 24, 1851, at Chicago, Ill. (Published by S.C. Griggs & Co., 1851), by Robert W. Patterson and Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christ the only foundation : a sermon, delivered at the dedication of the church-edifice in Court Street, erected by the Third Congregational Society in New Haven, December 7, 1841 (Printed by Hitchcock & Stafford, 1841), by Elisha Lord Cleaveland (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon delivered at Berkshire, County of Broome, N.Y., July 4, 1817 : at the dedication of a meeting house (Printed by Mack & Shepard, 1817), by Jeremiah Osborn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sermon (Spottiswoode, 1898), by G. F. Popham Blyth (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached Jan. 10, 1810, at the Dedication of the church in Park Street, Boston. (Boston : Printed and Published by Lincoln & Edmands, [1810?], 1810), by Edward Dorr Griffin, Sprague Collection of Early American Religious Pamphlets (Princeton Theological Seminary), and Samuel Miller Library Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon delivered June seventh, 1823, at the opening of the New Presbyterian Church in Arch Street in the city of Philadelphia, for the public worship of God. (Philadelphia : Printed by T. T. Ash, 1823., 1823), by Samuel Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encænia the Feast of Dedication, celebrated at Lincolnes Inne, in a sermon there vpon Ascension day, 1623 : at the dedication of a new chappell there, consecrated by the Right Reuerend Father in God, the Bishop of London / preached by Iohn Donne ... (London : Printed by Avg. Mat. for Thomas Iones, and are to bee sold at his shop in the Strand, at the Blacke Rauen, neere vnto Saint Clements Church, 1623), by John Donne (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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