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deconsecration

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con⋅se⋅cra⋅tion

  [kon-si-krey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
2. the act of giving the sacramental character to the Eucharistic elements of bread and wine, esp. in the Roman Catholic Church.
3. ordination to a sacred office, esp. to the episcopate.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME consecracio(u)n (< AF) < L consecrātiōn- (s. of consecrātiō). See consecrate, -ion
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de·con·se·crate   (dē-kŏn'sĭ-krāt')   
tr.v.   de·con·se·crat·ed, de·con·se·crat·ing, de·con·se·crates
To make (a church, synagogue, or temple, for example) no longer consecrated.
de·con'se·cra'tion n.
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