deconsecrate, v.
(diːˈkɒnsɪkreɪt)
[f. de- II. 1 + consecrate v.]
trans. To undo the consecration of; to deprive of sacredness, secularize. Hence deˈconsecrated ppl. a.; deconseˈcration, the action or ceremony of deconsecrating.
| 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’. 1876 City Press 21 Oct. 4/6 This Church was deconsecrated on Thursday. 1882 Q. Rev. Oct. 438 The bare deconsecrated Nature which our author offers us as the substitute for God. |