deconsecrate

de·con·se·crate

 (dē-kŏn′sĭ-krāt′)

tr.v. de·con·se·crat·ed, de·con·se·crat·ing, de·con·se·crates

To make (a church, synagogue, or temple, for example) no longer consecrated.

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de·con′se·cra′tion n.

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deconsecrate

(diːˈkɒnsɪˌkreɪt)

vb

(Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to transfer (a church) to secular use

deˌconseˈcration n

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deconsecrate

Past participle: deconsecrated
Gerund: deconsecrating

Imperative

deconsecrate

deconsecrate

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

deconsecrate - remove the consecration from a person or an object unhallow, desecrate change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

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Translations

entweihen

deconsecrate

vt → dekonsekrieren

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