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English
Etymology
From de- + sanctification.
Noun
desanctification (usually uncountable, plural desanctifications)
- Removal or reversal of sanctification.
- Synonym: desacralization
1985 March 7, Joseph Giovannini, “LIVING IN A FORMER CHURCH: SPACE, DRAMA AND TRANQUILITY”, in The New York Times:"It's nice to have a church building in the neighborhood," says Brendan Gill, the New Yorker theater critic and chairman emeritus of the New York Landmarks Conservancy. "If the interiors are not works of art, it's appropriate, after a process of desanctification, that these unused churches be converted into apartments."
2001 May 28, Brian Nystrom, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Marriages:If you and your spouse become aware of desanctifications, then you need a plan to work them out.