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Desecrated

Desecrate \Des"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desecrating.] [L. desecratus, p. p. of desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- + sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See Sacred.] To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated.
--W. Tooke.

The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations.
--Salmon.

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desecrated

vb. (en-past of: desecrate)

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desecrated

adj. treated with contempt; "many desecrated shrines and cemeteries" [ant: consecrated]

Usage examples of "desecrated".

He felt his power diminish as soon as he crossed the threshold into the desecrated place, but had enough of his momentum with him, and enough sheer anger and determination, to complete his call to his god.

Cadderly could beat Rufo only if the young priest could get out of this desecrated place.

Cadderly had to trust in them now, for he knew that if he left this realm, he would not soon find the strength to return, not in the desecrated library.

In this desecrated place, in this chamber of darkness, Rufo was simply too strong.

Cadderly stood before Kierkan Rufo, holy symbol presented with all his heart The young priest, out from under the desecrated structure, felt his god strongly again.

He, too, was singing, at the top of his lungs, but his voice could hardly be heard above the roar of the wind and thunder from the black clouds, now swarming over the top of the cliff, edging their way toward the desecrated building.

The finger of a god, it seemed, reaching down for the desecrated building.

Now, as they rode the worm onward, he told his comrade about the raid on the desecrated Sietch Hadith.

They'd all been briefed about the tense political situation over here, and Monk Lin had even been bold enough to allude to the way the Dalai Lama had been forced into exile in India by the Chinese government and how an army had desecrated the holiest of temples, when merely talking politics could land a local Tibetan in prison for twenty years.

Temples had been desecrated in a land closed off from outside intervention.

He'd desecrated the Chairman's black hole on Level Six, now the Chairman was back to return the favor.

Or bathed in the blood of unbaptized infants, or desecrated in some other terrible way.

Dorma and some of his party were escorted to the desecrated Lady chapel.

The desecrated moon signifies an evil in the Land which we hardly suspected.

And as for the desecrated noon-only the darkest and most terrible of ancient prophecies bespeak such matters.