Usually means: Remove sacred status from place.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 17 dictionaries that define the word deconsecrate:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. deconsecrate: Merriam-Webster
  2. deconsecrate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deconsecrate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deconsecrate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deconsecrate: Vocabulary.com
  6. deconsecrate: Wordnik
  7. deconsecrate: Wiktionary
  8. deconsecrate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Deconsecrate, deconsecrate: Dictionary.com
  10. Deconsecrate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Deconsecrate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. deconsecrate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. deconsecrate: Rhymezone
  14. Deconsecrate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. deconsecrate: FreeDictionary.org
  16. deconsecrate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. deconsecrate: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See deconsecrates as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (deconsecrate)

▸ verb:  To remove the holy or sacred status of a place

Similar:
desecrate, disconsecrate, desanctify, unconsecrate, desacralize, desecularize, unsanctify, disanoint, exaugurate, profane, more...

Opposite:
consecrate, bless, sanctify

▸ Words similar to deconsecrate

▸ Usage examples for deconsecrate

▸ Idioms related to deconsecrate

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near deconsecrate

▸ Rhymes of deconsecrate

▸ Invented words related to deconsecrate

Similar:
desecrate, disconsecrate, desanctify, unconsecrate, desacralize, desecularize, unsanctify, disanoint, exaugurate, profane, more...

Opposite:
consecrate, bless, sanctify



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "deconsecrate" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux