desanctification

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desanctification

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From de- + sanctification.

noun desanctifications

uncountable, usually Removal or reversal of sanctification. "It's nice to have a church building in the neighborhood," says Brendan Gill, the New Yorker theater critic and chairman emeritus of the New York Landmarks Conservancy. "If the interiors are not works of art, it's appropriate, after a process of desanctification, that these unused churches be conver
Similar: desacralization

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@misc{desanctification_2026,
  title = {desanctification},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/desanctification},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}