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desacralize

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[dee-sey-kruh-lahyz, -sak-ruh-] / diˈseɪ krəˌlaɪz, -ˈsæk rə- /

verb (used with object)

desacralized, desacralizing
  1. to remove the aura of sacredness from; secularize.


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Etymology

Origin of desacralize

de- + sacral 1 + -ize

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After all, part of a good Roman daddy's responsibilities included his priestly duties, which in this desacralized age would probably involve praying to the oft-invoked golf gods.

From Newsweek

"We have desacralized marriage," according to Robert Weiss, chairman of the sociology department at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and author of Marital Separation.

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