Desanctification
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Desanctification is a noun meaning Removal or reversal of sanctification.
Meaning
Removal or reversal of sanctification.
Example Sentences
If you and your spouse become aware of desanctifications, then you need a plan to work them out.
"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 converted into apartments."
Word Forms
- desanctifications
Synonyms for desanctification
Depending on context, synonyms include desacralization.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deconsecration, desecularization, desecularisation, detersion, deconfessionalization, disestablishment.
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