unconsecrate

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ consecrate.

Verb

unconsecrate (third-person singular simple present unconsecrates, present participle unconsecrating, simple past and past participle unconsecrated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To render not sacred; to remove sanctity.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      unconsecrated and profaned that sacred edifice

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