as in deconsecrated
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as in violated
to remove the sacred qualities or status of
complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas
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Adjective
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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.—
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
Verb
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Protestant ethics, however, are not violated without the torment of guilt or the pleasure of self-destruction; never good enough, never bad enough.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Patagonia alleged Pattie Gonia violated the agreement by selling merchandise, and the complaint includes email correspondence between the parties in 2025, in which the company reminded the drag queen their agreement prohibits the commercialization of the Pattie Gonia name.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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Her fiancé killed himself out of grief and was buried nearby on unconsecrated ground.—
Joe Kloc,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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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.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The mission also alleges that evidence was planted and bodies were desecrated.—
Patrick Peralta,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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Javien Wright, the man whose grave was desecrated, was, with a gun by his side, shot to death outside a house in the 1500 block of East Mulkey Street in February 2020.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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Many in the insular ultra-Orthodox community fear that military service would expose young people to secular influences.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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On trips to Spain this month and France in September, Leo will find thousands of young people like her in these traditionally Catholic but now staunchly secular countries, where historic churches are abundant and Mass attendance is sparse.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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“Desacralized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desacralized. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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