deconsecratev.
/diːˈkɒnsɪkreɪt/ transitive. To undo the consecration of; to deprive of sacredness, secularize.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > make secular [verb (transitive)]
worldlify1612
secularize1707
unspiritualizea1716
temporalize1828
disconsecrate1838
despiritualize1868
laicize1870
deconsecrate1876
desacralize1911
1876 City Press 21 Oct. 4/6 This Church was deconsecrated on Thursday.
Derivatives
deˈconsecrated adj.
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1882 Q. Rev. Oct. 438 The bare deconsecrated Nature which our author offers us as the substitute for God.
deconseˈcration n. the action or ceremony of deconsecrating.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > [noun]
secularization1706
deconsecration1867
laicizing1884
desacralization1959
1867 Ch. & St. Rev. 16 Feb. 150 The last new..word ‘deconsecration’..intended to convey to the public mind the fact, without the unpleasant associations, of what has hitherto been known under the..title of ‘desecration’.
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