as in to deconsecrate
to remove the sacred qualities or status of
complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas
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Recent Examples of desacralize
Aguilar thinks the basilica should be desacralized and turned into a museum.
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war.
—Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war.
—Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desacralize
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Installed in a church, the artwork titled Silentium by French conceptual artist James Calomina, was exhibited in a former church in Toulouse that was deconsecrated.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
6 Nov. 2024
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But the seminal Spanish-language church was deconsecrated by the Archdiocese of New York in January, paving the way for its potential sale, alteration or demolition.—
John Freeman Gill,
New York Times,
2 June 2023
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In a series of lawsuits following the order, plaintiffs, including 22 Democratic state attorneys general and immigrant rights advocates, argued that Trump's order violates a right protected by the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment: anyone born in the United States is a citizen.—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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In legal terms, the lawsuits are saying oil and gas companies violated consumer-protection laws and committed common-law civil violations such as negligence.—
Hannah Wiseman,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Desacralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desacralize. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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