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desanctify

desanctify verb: to remove the sanctified status of.

Verb

desanctify (third-person singular simple present desanctifies, present participle desanctifying, simple past and past participle desanctified)

  1. (transitive) To remove the sanctified status of.
    • His utopias aren't "nowhere" -- counterfactual examples of how things might be in order to desanctify how things actually are.1991 September 22, Alan Trachtenberg, “UNIVERSITY PRESSES; Shaping America's Dreams in Chicago”, in The New York Times
    • Christianity desanctifies these in a positive sense by rendering them subservient to an entirely different kind of holiness.1997 August, Martin Buber, Israel and the World, page 178

desanctify meaning in Persian

desanctify in Persian

to desanctify
تقدس زدایی کردن

Synonyms of desanctify

Forms of desanctify

third-person singular presentdesanctifies
present participledesanctifying
past participledesanctified
pastdesanctified

Origin of desanctify

From de- + sanctify.

Questions about desanctify

What does desanctify mean?
Desanctify means to remove the sanctified status of.
What is desanctify in Persian?
Desanctify in Persian is تقدس زدایی کردن. See Desanctify meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is desanctify?
Desanctify is a verb.
What is the past tense of desanctify?
The past tense of desanctify is desanctified.

Words near desanctify in the dictionary

  1. desaminotyrosine
  2. desanctification
  3. desanctifications
  4. desanctified
  5. desanctifies
  6. desanctify
  7. desanctifying
  8. DeSanctimonious
  9. DeSanctis-Cacchione syndrome
  10. desand
  11. desanded

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