Meanings
comparative more unconsecrated · superlative most unconsecrated
- Not consecrated.
One day, he decided to perform a funeral service for the unconsecrated souls he believed were imprisoned somewhere below in the hope of finally laying them to rest.
2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 480Synonyms: temporal, worldly, unsanctified, areligious, civil, earthly, irreligious, laicist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot consecrated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishconsecrated
- Englishunconsecrated
From un- + consecrated.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Latin profānus
- profānusnot consecrated
Cite this entry
unconsecrated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsecrated
“unconsecrated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsecrated. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconsecrated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsecrated.
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