1. no longer considered sacred or holy; stripped of sacred status or reverence

1. past tense and past participle of desanctify; to remove sacred status from something; to make no longer sacred

Examples

• The ancient temple was desanctified when it was converted into a museum.
• Once the ritual objects were desanctified, they could be handled by anyone without restriction.
• The church felt that the commercial development desanctified the holy ground.
• After the ceremony, the priests desanctified the ceremonial space.
• The desanctified relics were placed in a secular archive.
• They desanctified the shrine by removing all religious symbols and decorations.