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- noun religion The reverse of
sacralization , and occurs when a formerly dedicatedreligious structure such as achurch or religious school is given over for another purpose outside of the particular religious organization which dedicated it for a sacred purpose.
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Elegy's Elegy yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Elegy\'s Elegy'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The decline of the elegy betokens a certain loss of sensibility in the western world in the twentieth century, a loss described by Mircea Eliade as "desacralization".
Elegy's Elegy 2008
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It all adds up to what respect-ed political columnist Alain Duhamel calls the "desacralization" of the French presidency.
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'desacralization' of supposedly divine edicts was also a demand from participants who have long been feminists working within the framework of religion.
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While many Catholics prefer these services for good reasons more time with their families; a boon to the elderly and small children the net result may turn out to be the desacralization of Dec. 25.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The War on Christmas is Over ... And Christmas Lost S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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While many Catholics prefer these services for good reasons more time with their families; a boon to the elderly and small children the net result may turn out to be the desacralization of Dec. 25.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The War On Christmas Is Over ... And Christmas Lost S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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While many Catholics prefer these services for good reasons more time with their families; a boon to the elderly and small children the net result may turn out to be the desacralization of Dec. 25.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The War On Christmas Is Over ... And Christmas Lost S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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While many Catholics prefer these services for good reasons more time with their families; a boon to the elderly and small children the net result may turn out to be the desacralization of Dec. 25.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The War on Christmas is Over ... And Christmas Lost S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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While many Catholics prefer these services for good reasons more time with their families; a boon to the elderly and small children the net result may turn out to be the desacralization of Dec. 25.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: The War on Christmas is Over ... And Christmas Lost S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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Yet the question is whether the history of its subsequent reinstitution, unfolding under the sign of the forgetting of origins, is itself an integral part of the event, since the process of appropriation is unable definitively to set itself apart from expropriation and desacralization.
enowning enowning 2009
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Yet the question is whether the history of its subsequent reinstitution, unfolding under the sign of the forgetting of origins, is itself an integral part of the event, since the process of appropriation is unable definitively to set itself apart from expropriation and desacralization.
Archive 2009-06-01 enowning 2009
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