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Meanings of unhallow in English

Remove the consecration from a person or an object.

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Examples for "desecrate"
Examples for "desecrate"
1
Tribal leaders say the pipeline will desecrate sacred land and pollute water.
Reuters
2
She could not let the fae desecrate her sister's body this way.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
3
Atonement is a sacred day to me; I could not desecrate it.
Other Things Being Equal
4
The young rascal cries out whenever I desecrate him with my touch.
The Yeoman Adventurer
5
From a Chinese view-point it is an awful thing to desecrate them.
New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
1
The Dominican church had been deconsecrated and abandoned, its altar stone removed.
Vittorio, the vampire
2
He says it is time for the church to hand over its custodial role of the now-deconsecrated cathedral.
Radio NZ
3
I knew only that something precious had been deconsecrated and the naturalness that had guided us was gone.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
4
I had a bash at deconsecrating the area of worship this morning, but I've run out of salt.
The water room
5
This is even more pronounced in a theatre performance in the deconsecrated Gothic Revival chapel at Dublin Castle.
The Irish Times
Usage of unhallow in English
1
Oft, too, with rites unhallow'd, from the neck
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17,...
2
I have seen it in clergymen and others- asortof shame- asenseof the co-presence of circumstances which unhallow the blessing.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
3
Unhallowed was the union between nations thus utterly contrasted.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 02: Introduction II
4
"Our Father, who wert in Heaven, unhallowed be thy name -"
Complete Books of Blood
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What foul associations cloud and wrap up almost every game of chance: how soiled are the cards, how unhallowed the rattle of the dice.
Tired Church Members
Unhallow through the time