The sharing of possessions. …

(a) Confirmation, ratification, sanctioning; (b) corroboration; strengthening; (c) eccl. the sacrament of confirmation. …

(a) Spending or employment (of wealth); (b) eccl. stewardship. …

Eccl. The act of installing a priest in a living. …

(a) Measuring, computing dimensions; measurement; also fig.; withouten meting, without being measured; also, immeasurably [quot.: c1350]; (b) eccles. ceremonial measurement of the circumference of a……

(a) Eccl. Penitential mortification; mortifiing of the bodi (wille, wittes), the penitential subduing of one's physical or mental faculties; (b) theol. mortifiing of sinne, the destruction of the……

(a) The act of giving advice, instruction; (b) manifesting or exemplifying a divine commandment by means of one's actions; (c) presenting a gift or an offering; maken (don) the presenting, to make the……

(a) The action of striking or thrusting; (b) the action of pushing or shoving; the action of poking [quot.: Palladius]; putting of hete, pressure of heat; o peine of putting oute of eien, on pain of……

(a) The act of offering a sacrifice to a deity, performance of sacrificial rites; sacrifiing of licoures, the offering of libations; maken sacrifiing; (b) eccl. the consecration of a prelate. …

Eccl.: (a) The consecration of the bread and wine in the service of the Mass; sacring of the messe; sacring time, the moment of consecration in the Mass; (b) the consecrated elements; (c) sacring……

(a) The act of picking up or taking hold of something with the fingers; also, the act of taking (sth. in one's arms), embracing [quot. c1440]; (b) the act of touching someone; also, the sense of touch……

(a) The act of visiting a person for social or charitable purposes; visiting of the apostles, a pilgrimage to the shrine of the apostles (b) the act of making a visit for the purpose of conducting an……