as in to violate
to remove the sacred qualities or status of hoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house

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Recent Examples of deconsecrate But the seminal Spanish-language church was deconsecrated by the Archdiocese of New York in January, paving the way for its potential sale, alteration or demolition. John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 2 June 2023 Perhaps the best thing would be to deconsecrate the site and create a museum that explains what happened at the Valley itself. The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019 The church was deconsecrated in 2010, and the charter school arrived in 2013. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2019

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“Deconsecrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deconsecrate. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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