desacralize

 [dee-sey-kruh-lahyz, -sak-ruh-]  

de·sa·cral·ize

   [dee-sey-kruh-lahyz, -sak-ruh-]
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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