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DESACRALIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desacralize mean?
• DESACRALIZE (verb)
The verb DESACRALIZE has 1 sense:
1. transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
Familiarity information: DESACRALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they desacralize ... he / she / it desacralizes
Past simple: desacralized
Past participle: desacralized
-ing form: desacralizing
... he / she / it desacralizes Past simple: desacralized
Past participle: desacralized
-ing form: desacralizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
desacralize; secularize
Hypernyms (to "desacralize" is one way to...):
transfer (cause to change ownership)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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