单词 | disconsecrate |
释义 | † disconsecratev. Obsolete. transitive. To take away the consecrated or sacred character of (with a formal ceremony). Also: to profane, desecrate.Superseded by deconsecrate. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > make secular [verb (transitive)] worldlify1612 secularize1707 unspiritualizea1716 temporalize1828 disconsecrate1838 despiritualize1868 laicize1870 deconsecrate1876 desacralize1911 1838 J. D'Alton Mem. of Archbishops Dublin 187 Their possessions were confiscated,..their houses unroofed, their churches disconsecrated. 1861 Evangelical Christendom 1 Mar. 106 To disconsecrate the audacious priests, who..confess and proclaim no doubtful doctrines of anti-Christianity. 1875 Med. Times & Gaz. 14 Aug. 193/2 The devotee..then disconsecrates the idol, uttering the words ‘I send it back to its own place’, and throws it into water. 1876 Baptist Mag. Nov. 521 The bishop..disconsecrated the ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1838 |
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