Definition of Desacralize

1. Verb. Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control.

Exact synonyms: Secularize
Generic synonyms: Transfer
Derivative terms: Secularization

Definition of Desacralize

1. Verb. (religion) To remove something’s sacredness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Desacralize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desacralize

derv
derverye
dervillite
dervise
dervises
dervish
dervishes
dervs
des(121-124)-ribonuclease
des-
des res
desacetoxycephalosporin C synthetase
desacetoxyvindoline 4-hydroxylase
desacralization
desacralizations
desacralize (current term)
desacralized
desacralizes
desacralizing
desalinate
desalinated
desalinates
desalinating
desalination
desalinations
desalinator
desalinators
desalinisation
desalinise
desalinization

Literary usage of Desacralize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Famine Plot Persuasion in Eighteenth-Century France by Steven L. Kaplan (1982)
"... The famine plot persuasion exposed the treason of kingship, the treason by which the king seemed to violate a consensual taboo, to desacralize bread. ..."

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