Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desanctification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-sanc-ti-fi-ca-tion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Removal or reversal of sanctification.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""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 converted into apartments.""
"If you and your spouse become aware of desanctifications, then you need a plan to work them out."

Etymology

From de- + sanctification.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

desanctifications (plural)

Synonyms

desacralization

Questions

What does desanctification mean?: Removal or reversal of sanctification.
Where does desanctification come from?: From de- + sanctification.

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