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deconsecrated

deconsecrated is the simple past and past participle of deconsecrate.

Meaning of deconsecrate

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.

Questions about deconsecrated

What is deconsecrated the simple past and past participle of?
Deconsecrated is the simple past and past participle of deconsecrate.

Words near deconsecrated in the dictionary

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

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