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 and divides as de-con-se-crate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.