deconsecration
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
de- + consecration
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deconsecration (countable and uncountable, plural deconsecrations)
- The undoing of consecration; a desecration or defilement.
- A ritual observing the removal from service of a sacred place, such as the closing of a church.