Definitions For Deconsecration

Noun

DECONSECRATION. (countable and uncountable, plural DECONSECRATIONs) The undoing of consecration; a desecration or defilement. A ritual observing the removal from service of a sacred place, such as the closing of a church.

Etymology

de + consecration

Is Deconsecration a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
23

The word Deconsecration is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Deconsecration in a Sentence

  • Hoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house

Antonyms for Deconsecration

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