The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deconsecrate
Deconsecrate \De*con"se*crate\ (d[-e]*k[o^]n"s[-e]*kr[=a]t), v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- De*con`se*cra"tion, n.
Wiktionary
deconsecrate
vb. To remove the consecration from a church or similar building
WordNet
deconsecrate
v. remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn: desecrate] [ant: consecrate]
Usage examples of "deconsecrate".
On the Kew Road it was, in the deconsecrated church that had once housed the piano museum.
What's been cleansed stays cleansed, unless someone comes along and deliberately deconsecrates it.