desacralize
verb
de·sa·cral·ize
(ˌ)dē-ˈsā-krə-ˌlīz 
-ˈsa-
-ˈsa-
desacralized; desacralizing
: to divest of sacred qualities or status
Examples of desacralize in a Sentence
complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas
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Aguilar thinks the basilica should be desacralized and turned into a museum.
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war.
—Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war.
—Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
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“Desacralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desacralize. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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