unconsecrate

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

Synonyms

• deconsecrate, desecrate; see also Thesaurus:desecrate

References

• “unconsecrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.