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desanctifications

desanctifications is the plural of desanctification.

Meaning of desanctification

Noun

desanctification (usually uncountable, plural desanctifications)

  1. (usually) Removal or reversal of sanctification.
    • "It's nice to have a church building in the neighborhood," says Brendan Gill, the New Yorker theater critic and chairman emeritus of the New York Landmarks Conservancy. "If the interiors are not works of art, it's appropriate, after a process of desanctification, that these unused churches be...1985 July 3, Joseph Giovannini, “LIVING IN A FORMER CHURCH: SPACE, DRAMA AND TRANQUILITY”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    desacralization

Questions about desanctifications

What is desanctifications the plural of?
Desanctifications is the plural of desanctification.

Words near desanctifications in the dictionary

  1. desalts
  2. DeSalvo
  3. DeSalvos
  4. desaminotyrosine
  5. desanctification
  6. desanctifications
  7. desanctified
  8. desanctifies
  9. desanctify
  10. desanctifying
  11. DeSanctimonious

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