unhallow

Thân thiện

A priest must unhallow the old chapel before its renovation.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To remove the sacred or consecrated status from a person or an object; to desecrate or profane. It is the act of making something that was holy no longer holy.

Usage

• The verb "unhallow" is a formal and somewhat archaic term. It is used in religious, historical, or literary contexts to describe the act of stripping something of its sanctity.
• It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (e.g., to unhallow a church, to unhallow a grave).

Examples

• Verb:
  • The invading army sought to unhallow the ancient temple.
  • To vandalize the altar is to unhallow the entire chapel.

Advanced Usage

• "To unhallow ground": a specific phrase referring to desecrating sacred land, such as a cemetery or a site of religious significance.
  • The act was seen as an attempt to unhallow the burial ground.

Variants and Related Words

• Unhallowed (adj): not consecrated or sacred; desecrated.
  • They refused to build on unhallowed ground.

Synonyms

• Desecrate: to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect.
• Profane: to treat something sacred with irreverence or disrespect.
• Deconsecrate: to transfer a sacred building or object to secular use (a more formal, specific synonym).

Antonyms

• Consecrate: to make or declare something sacred.
• Hallow: to honor as holy.
• Sanctify: to set apart as or declare holy.

Học thuật

Verb

1. remove the consecration from a person or an object

Từ đồng nghĩa

• desecrate
• deconsecrate