unhallow
Definition
- 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.
Verb
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remove the consecration from a person or an object
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