Desacralize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove the sacredness of. transitive
"If whiteness bespoke purity and godliness, then poor white trash implied an ungodly, desacralized, polluted whiteness."
- 2 transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control wordnet
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More examples"If whiteness bespoke purity and godliness, then poor white trash implied an ungodly, desacralized, polluted whiteness."
Etymology
From de- + sacralize.