Meanings
present singular third person deconsecrates · participle present deconsecrating · participle past deconsecrated · past deconsecrated
- To remove the holy or sacred status of a place
The ancient Romans deconsecrated city walls with a plow, undoing the rituals that first established their course.
Synonyms: disconsecrate, exaugurate
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo remove the holy or sacred status of a place
More synonyms by meaning
verbremove the consecration from a person or an object
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₂k-
- Proto-Indo-European*sh₂krós
- Proto-Italic*sakros
- Proto-Italic*sakrāō
- Latinsacrō
- Latincōnsecrō
- Middle Englishconsecraten
- Englishconsecrate
- Englishdeconsecrate
From de- + consecrate.
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deconsecrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deconsecrate
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deconsecrate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deconsecrate.
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