deconsecrate

/ diːˈkɒnsɪˌkreɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to transfer (a church) to secular use

Other Word Forms

• deconsecration noun

Example Sentences

As the population of the village fell, it was deconsecrated, so Mr Churches and his wife Jenny decided to buy the building.

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Terry McKeown, the project manager with Sailortown Regeneration, said people were very upset when the church was deconsecrated and the pulpit was removed.

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The artworks were rediscovered by a Zimbabwean who recognized the name Cyrene on the boxes when the church was being deconsecrated, according to a press release by organizers of the exhibition in Harare.

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Dress got deconsecrated and inclusivity became a necessity.

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In that time, 30 churches have been deconsecrated for secular use in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, leaving 172 Catholic churches in those boroughs.

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