to unsanctify

Examples

• All

• Rituals are sometimes held to unsanctify objects before they can be used for secular purposes.

• The priest conducted a ceremony to unsanctify the artifacts for their new exhibition in the museum.

• After years of misuse, the site was officially unsanctified by the clergy.

• The new law will unsanctify certain traditional practices.

• They unsanctified the temple after the scandal.

• To repurpose the land, the local government decided to unsanctify the old graveyard.

• After the scandal, the community felt it was necessary to unsanctify the church to restore trust.

Synonyms

S

to secularize

vsto unsanctify

4 7.6

To remove religious control from places like schools or hospitals

is focused on reducing religious character rather than solely removing holiness

D

to deconsecrate

vsto unsanctify

• Formal

1 9.9

Officially say that a place such as a church or altar is no longer holy

is the same loss of sanctity but without official ritual

D

to desacralize

vsto unsanctify

• Formal

1 9.9

Remove religious use from a place or object so people can use it for ordinary things

is about removing sacredness without necessarily changing ownership or control

U

to unhallow

vsto unsanctify

• Archaic

9.9

To make a place or thing no longer holy

is the broad act of depriving something of its sanctity

Antonyms

S

to sanctify

24 7.4

To make a person or place holy with a religious ceremony

How Sacred

to consecrate

• Formal

33 7.4

to sanctify

24 7.4

to profane

4 7.2

to unsanctify

9.5

to desecrate

44 8.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology