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DESACRALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they desacralize ... 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
Synonyms:
desacralize; secularize
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "desacralize" is one way to...):
transfer (cause to change ownership)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
