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- Dictionarydeconsecrate/ˌdiːˈkɒnsɪkreɪt/
verb
- 1. transfer (a building) from sacred to secular use: "the church was deconsecrated in the early nineteenth century"
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The meaning of DECONSECRATE is to remove the sacred character of. How to use deconsecrate in a sentence.
verb. (transitive) to transfer (a church) to secular use. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. deconsecration (deˌconseˈcration) noun. deconsecrate in American English. (diˈkɑnsɪˌkreɪt ) verb transitive Word forms: deˈconseˌcrated or deˈconseˌcrating.
Deconsecrate definition: to transfer (a church) to secular use. See examples of DECONSECRATE used in a sentence.
IPA guide. Other forms: deconsecrated. Definitions of deconsecrate. verb. remove the consecration from a person or an object. synonyms: desecrate, unhallow. see more. render holy by means of religious rites. change to the contrary.
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. de·con′se·cra′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of deconsecrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
deconsecrate (third-person singular simple present deconsecrates, present participle deconsecrating, simple past and past participle deconsecrated) The ancient Romans deconsecrated city walls with a plow, undoing the rituals that first established their course.
