disconsecrate

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ consecrate

Verb

disconsecrate (third-person singular simple present disconsecrates, present participle disconsecrating, simple past and past participle disconsecrated)

1. (transitive) To deprive of consecration or sacredness.

Synonyms

• deconsecrate

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “disconsecrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)