deconsecrate

Questions about deconsecrate

What does deconsecrate mean?

deconsecrate means "remove the consecration from a person or an object".

How many syllables are in deconsecrate?

deconsecrate has 4 syllables: de-con-se-crate. The stress falls on "con".

What is another word for deconsecrate?

Close synonyms include desecrate, unhallow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deconsecrate a common word?

deconsecrate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.