as in to violate
to remove the sacred qualities or status of
desanctified the church building and converted it into condos
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Recent Examples of desanctify
Someone may have removed these features in an attempt to desanctify the religious icon, according to a government statement.
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Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2020
Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2020
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Faced with community complaints, Mayor Karen Bass retools her affordable housing strategy July 6, 2024 This summer, low-income housing advocates sued the city alleging that Feldstein Soto and Park, with the tacit support of Bass, violated fair housing laws by slow-walking the project.Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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The lawsuit alleges the restaurant violated the Texas Dram Shop Act by failing to uphold its staff to safely sell alcoholic beverages.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Aguilar thinks the basilica should be desacralized and turned into a museum.Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
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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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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
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Perhaps the best thing would be to deconsecrate the site and create a museum that explains what happened at the Valley itself.The Economist, The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
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“Desanctify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desanctify. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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