Definition of Deconsecrated

1. Adjective. Divested of consecration.

Similar to: Desecrated

Definition of Deconsecrated

1. Verb. (past of deconsecrate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deconsecrated

1. deconsecrate [v] - See also: deconsecrate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deconsecrated

deconflicts
decongest
decongestant
decongestants
decongested
decongesting
decongestion
decongestions
decongestive
decongests
deconjugating
deconjugation
deconjugations
decons
deconsecrate
deconsecrated
deconsecrates
deconsecrating
deconsecration
deconsecrations
deconsolidation
deconsolidations
deconstruct
deconstructable
deconstructed
deconstructing
deconstruction
deconstructional
deconstructionism
deconstructionist

Literary usage of Deconsecrated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Testament History by Henry Preserved Smith (1903)
"... desecrated (deconsecrated) iis dwelling. shows that the sacredness of an ancient site cannot Dyed. People who have a living faith in their God [is will ..."

2. Canada and the Canadian Question by Goldwin Smith (1891)
"... by proclaiming that in whatever spot the excommunicate might be laid that spot would thereby be cut off from the rest of the ground and deconsecrated; ..."

3. London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions by Henry B. Wheatley, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"The last service was performed and the church formally " deconsecrated," February 8, 1867. The parish of St. Leonard's Eastcheap had been united after the ..."

4. Italian Lakes by Richard Sale (2006)
"thirteenth century, but deconsecrated following extensive fire damage. The Gothic façade is superb, though little else remains of the original. ..."

5. Campfires on Desert and Lava by William Temple Hornaday (1908)
"At sunrise the temperature was 42° F. While the camp was being deconsecrated and repacked in the wagons, I skinned the horned owl, and finished the task on ..."

6. Morocco by Ken Bernstein (2001)
"An attractive vestige of the colonial era, the Sacred Heart Cathedral (Cathedrale du Sacre Coeur) has been deconsecrated and is now used as a school, ..."

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