单词	deconsecrate
释义	deconsecrate /diːˈkɒnsɪkreɪt / verb [with object] Transfer (a building) from sacred to secular use: the church was deconsecrated in the early nineteenth century... As St Crumnathy's Cathedral is currently deconsecrated, it is not possible to install Canon Doris into her stall at the moment. After the English Reformation, many holy buildings such as tombs, charnel-houses, cloisters and churches were deconsecrated, emptied of their contents, sold away or destroyed. It is even more difficult if the conversion involves buying or building on part of a graveyard, where church authorities must deconsecrate the ground. Derivatives deconsecration /ˌdiːkɒnsɪˈkreɪʃ(ə)n / noun ... Contemporary Christian writings confirm this sense of degradation by noting that removal of a statue from its sanctuary resulted in automatic deconsecration. The property is situated in what was once St Kevin's Church which was built on the site in 1883 and served the local community until its deconsecration in 1983. The church, St Kevin's in Portobello, Dublin 8, was built in 1883 and was in use until its deconsecration in 1983.
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