unhallow

American  

[uhn-hal-oh] / ʌnˈhæl oʊ /

verb (used with object)

1. to desecrate; profane.

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unhallow British  

/ ʌnˈhæləʊ /

verb

1. archaic (tr) to desecrate

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Etymology

Origin of unhallow

First recorded in 1525–35; un- ² + hallow

Example Sentences

Everything inside was urbs, city space consecrated by priests who interpreted the will of the gods; everything outside was ager — unhallowed open territory.

From New York Times

“With shut eyes but acute mental vision,” she recalled, “I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together.”

From New York Times

She said, “There’s rules for those in graveyards, but not for those as was buried in unhallowed ground. Nobody tells me what to do, or where to go.”

From Literature

Bounds had been set to this unhallowed purgatory.

From Literature

That after all these years of blameless life you should suddenly be seized with a depraved desire for unhallowed amusement like this!

From Project Gutenberg