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unconsecrated

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unconsecrated [ʌnˈkɒnsɪˌkreɪtɪd]
adj
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) not having been made or declared sacred or holy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unconsecratedunconsecrated - not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
unsanctified, profane
unhallowed, unholy - not hallowed or consecrated
Translations
unconsecrated
adj (Rel) → ungeweiht


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We had seen the spot, outside the city somewhere, where these people had allowed the bones of Galileo to rest in unconsecrated ground for an age because his great discovery that the world turned around was regarded as a damning heresy by the church; and we know that long after the world had accepted his theory and raised his name high in the list of its great men, they had still let him rot there.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The interest you cherish is lawless and unconsecrated.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
And there the young officer was laid by his friend, in the unconsecrated corner of the garden, separated by a little hedge from the temples and towers and plantations of flowers and shrubs, under which the Roman Catholic dead repose.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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