de sacralize

verb (used with object), de·sa·cral·ized, de·sa·cral·iz·ing.

to remove the aura of sacredness from; secularize.

Origin:
de- + sacral¹ + -ize

Related forms

de·sa·cral·i·za·tion, noun

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desacralize
verb
transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control

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