unconsecrate
English
Etymology
From un- + consecrate.
Verb
unconsecrate (third-person singular simple present unconsecrates, present participle unconsecrating, simple past and past participle unconsecrated)
- (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
Synonyms
- deconsecrate, desecrate; see also Thesaurus:desecrate
References
- “unconsecrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.