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deconsecrate
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de·con·se·crate  (d-kns-krt)
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.
de·conse·cration n.
deconsecrate [diːˈkɒnsɪˌkreɪt]
vb
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to transfer (a church) to secular use
deconsecration  n
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Verb1.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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deconsecrate
vt → dekonsekrieren


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Rice vividly reconstructs the deconsecration of altars in old St.
The Altar and Altarpieces of New St. Peter's Outfitting the Basilica ... by POLLAK, MARTHA / Renaissance Quarterly
For Smith, breaking and disrupting boundaries in theater and society culminate in the execution of Charles I in 1649, an event prepared for by the theater which preceded it: "the merging of theater, festive topsy-turviness and punishment in the mid-seventeenth century may owe much to the deconsecration of authority in the drama that preceded it, but the drama of the early seventeenth century owes as much to the highly experimental and bold invocation of .
Shakespeare and Carnival: After Bakhtin by Fortier, Mark / Renaissance Quarterly
For Smith, breaking and disrupting boundaries in theater and society culminate in the execution of Charles I in 1649, an event prepared for by the theater which preceded it: "the merging of theater, festive topsy-turviness and punishment in the mid-seventeenth century may owe much to the deconsecration of authority in the drama that preceded it, but the drama of the early seventeenth century owes as much to the highly experimental and bold invocation of .
Breaking Boundaries: Politics and Play in the Drama of Shakespeare ... by Mark, Fortier / Renaissance Quarterly
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