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- verb Present participle of
deconsecrate .
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Examples
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Gordon suggests "deconsecrating" the most anti-Semitic sections of the Gospels, literally excising from them their sacredness.
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Consequently I do not hesitate to say that the Reformation, in rejecting contrition, cavilling over the word metanoia, attributing to faith alone the virtue of justification, deconsecrating repentance in short, took a step backward and utterly failed to recognize the law of progress.
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
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Print NZ deconsecrates quake-hit Christchurch Cathedral Dozens of New Zealanders have attended an emotional ceremony deconsecrating Christchurch Cathedral, which was wrecked in February's earthquake.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Similarly, his proposal for the Whitney's extension extended exhibits into prosaic spaces such as the parking garage and escalators, deconsecrating the museum's framing of art.
Stories from The Sun Will Cordeiro 2010
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Similarly, his proposal for the Whitney's extension extended exhibits into prosaic spaces such as the parking garage and escalators, deconsecrating the museum's framing of art.
Stories from The Sun Will Cordeiro 2010
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Similarly, his proposal for the Whitney's extension extended exhibits into prosaic spaces such as the parking garage and escalators, deconsecrating the museum's framing of art.
Stories from The Sun Will Cordeiro 2010
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Similarly, his proposal for the Whitney's extension extended exhibits into prosaic spaces such as the parking garage and escalators, deconsecrating the museum's framing of art.
Stories from The Sun Will Cordeiro 2010
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