transitive verb
-·crat·ed, -·crat·ing to revoke or annul the consecrated status of (a church building)
deconsecrate
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deconsecrate
transitive verb
de·con·se·crat·ed, de·con·se·crat·ing, de·con·se·cratesTo make (a church, synagogue, or temple, for example) no longer consecrated.
Related Forms:
- de·con′se·cra′tion
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present deconsecrates, present participle deconsecrating, simple past and past participle deconsecrated)
- To remove the consecration from a church or similar building
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