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to remove the sacred qualities or status of
hoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house
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Recent Examples of deconsecrated
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
Giuditta Brozzetti founded this atelier inside a deconsecrated church in the 1920s in order to help local women earn a living by weaving textiles.
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Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Dec. 2025
Adjective
The rest hail from all over, and while the city’s cultural pull makes leisure guests the large majority, the huge gardens and event spaces like the Conventino, a deconsecrated 19th century church adjoining Palazzo del Nero, mean that the hotel is a popular venue too for social and corporate events.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
Giuditta Brozzetti founded this atelier inside a deconsecrated church in the 1920s in order to help local women earn a living by weaving textiles.
—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deconsecrated
Adjective
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Beyond the number of cillíní and burial sites uncovered, the practices surrounding these unconsecrated grounds reveal a complex emotional landscape marked by grief, shame, and trauma, according to the press release.
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Her fiancé killed himself out of grief and was buried nearby on unconsecrated ground.
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But the court ruled in February that Republican counter plans violated a Utah referendum prohibiting gerrymandering, solidifying the single district centered on the increasingly liberal Salt Lake City.
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The crash was not an accident, Adams said, because Pino violated several navigational rules — and piloted the boat without thinking about the well-being of his wife, daughter and the 11 girls on the boat.
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Although the film never comes out and says it, Ohm was possibly conceived on these unhallowed grounds, so maybe he was just born cursed.
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Those are the kinds of things that can't be broken into or taken away or desecrated.
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The mission also alleges that evidence was planted and bodies were desecrated.
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“Deconsecrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deconsecrated. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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