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desacralize
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de·sa·cral·ize  (d-skr-lz, -skr-)
tr.v. de·sa·cral·ized, de·sa·cral·iz·ing, de·sa·cral·iz·es
To divest of sacred or religious significance.
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Verb1.desacralize - transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
secularize
transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"


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The FAP instituted both parts of this desacralization movement, in the proliferation of murals in public places and the formation of Community Arts Centers, for example.
Review essay: social history and the arts by Foulkes, Julia L. / Journal of Social History
v) The desacralization of the world by the three religions of the book facilitated the scientific approach to the world (Gregersen).
Some important questions concerning the relationship between science ... by Golshani, Mehdi / Islam & Science
His whole theology points to a desacralization and demythologization of the exclusively divine, the holy, defined in terms of a "high" church theology.
Martin Luther: is he still relevant? by Nilsson, Kjell Ove / Currents in Theology and Mission
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