“deconsecrate”的英英意思

单词

deconsecrate

释义

deconsecrate, v.|diːˈkɒnsɪkreɪt|
[f. de- II. 1 + consecrate v.]
trans. To undo the consecration of; to deprive of sacredness, secularize. Hence deˈconsecrated ppl. a.; deconseˈcration, the action or ceremony of deconsecrating.
1867Ch. & St. Rev. 16 Feb. 150 The last new..word ‘deconsecration’..intended to convey to the public mind the fact, without the unpleasant associations, of what has hitherto been known under the..title of ‘desecration’.1876City Press 21 Oct. 4/6 This Church was deconsecrated on Thursday.1882Q. Rev. Oct. 438 The bare deconsecrated Nature which our author offers us as the substitute for God.

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