Definition of "desacralization" []

• The reverse of sacralization, and occurs when a formerly dedicated religious structure such as a church or religious school is given over for another purpose outside of the particular religious organization which dedicated it for a sacred purpose. (noun)

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• "Elegy's Elegy yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Elegy\'s Elegy'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The decline of the elegy betokens a certain loss of sensibility in the western world in the twentieth century, a loss described by Mircea Eliade as "desacralization"."
• "It all adds up to what respect-ed political columnist Alain Duhamel calls the "desacralization" of the French presidency."
• "'desacralization' of supposedly divine edicts was also a demand from participants who have long been feminists working within the framework of religion."