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deconsecrate

UK/diːˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/

deconsecrate verb: to remove the holy or sacred status of a place.

Verb

deconsecrate (third-person singular simple present deconsecrates, present participle deconsecrating, simple past and past participle deconsecrated)

  1. 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.

deconsecrate meaning in Tamil

deconsecrate in Tamil

திருநிலை நீக்கு

Synonyms of deconsecrate

Antonyms

Forms of deconsecrate

third-person singular presentdeconsecrates
present participledeconsecrating
past participledeconsecrated
pastdeconsecrated

Origin of deconsecrate

From de- + consecrate.

Questions about deconsecrate

What does deconsecrate mean?
Deconsecrate means to remove the holy or sacred status of a place.
What is deconsecrate in Tamil?
Deconsecrate in Tamil is திருநிலை நீக்கு. See Deconsecrate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deconsecrate?
Deconsecrate is a verb.
How do you pronounce deconsecrate?
Deconsecrate is pronounced /diːˈkɒnsəkɹeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of deconsecrate?
The past tense of deconsecrate is deconsecrated.

Words near deconsecrate in the dictionary

  1. deconjugative
  2. deconnected
  3. deconned
  4. deconning
  5. decons
  6. deconsecrate
  7. deconsecrated
  8. deconsecrates
  9. deconsecrating
  10. deconsecration
  11. deconsecrations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deconsecrate (page history and authors); deconsecrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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