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Meanings of deconsecrate in English
Synonyms
Examples for "desecrate"
Examples for "desecrate"
1
Tribal leaders say the pipeline will desecrate sacred land and pollute water.
2
She could not let the fae desecrate her sister's body this way.
3
Atonement is a sacred day to me; I could not desecrate it.
4
The young rascal cries out whenever I desecrate him with my touch.
5
From a Chinese view-point it is an awful thing to desecrate them.
1
Oft, too, with rites unhallow'd, from the neck
2
I have seen it in clergymen and others- asortof shame- asenseof the co-presence of circumstances which unhallow the blessing.
3
Unhallowed was the union between nations thus utterly contrasted.
4
"Our Father, who wert in Heaven, unhallowed be thy name -"
5
What foul associations cloud and wrap up almost every game of chance: how soiled are the cards, how unhallowed the rattle of the dice.
Usage of deconsecrate in English
1
The Dominican church had been deconsecrated and abandoned, its altar stone removed.
2
He says it is time for the church to hand over its custodial role of the now-deconsecrated cathedral.
3
I knew only that something precious had been deconsecrated and the naturalness that had guided us was gone.
4
I had a bash at deconsecrating the area of worship this morning, but I've run out of salt.
5
This is even more pronounced in a theatre performance in the deconsecrated Gothic Revival chapel at Dublin Castle.
6
The 130 year old cathedral has already been deconsecrated to make the building safe and to retrieve valuable artefacts.
7
Deconsecrated host soaked in virgin's urine and a fine powder made from the crushed wings of wee flower faeries.
8
We finally arrived at the deconsecrated funeral parlour that currently housed that old and awful Being called the Lamentation.
9
I had my last mobile phone buried in deconsecrated ground and sowed the earth with salt, just to be sure.
10
The penetrating cold was not solely a physical sensation but affected the spirit as well, as if this were a deconsecrated place.
11
The piece -called Archifon I -allows up to 10 visitors to interact with the mapped surface of the deconsecrated church.
12
Although it has been deconsecrated, and Droichead Family Resource Centre is well established downstairs, there is a feeling of a space quickly abandoned.
13
The building had the air of a deconsecrated chapel, a once-sanctified place given over to stray cats and the steady appetites of vermin.
14
'Tis a sensible use of the space, though it seems sacrilegious, even if the church has been deconsecrated.'
15
It was deconsecrated a few weeks ago in a ceremony that did not attract much attention, but in its way it was a sad occasion.