deconsecratePronunciation: /diːˈkɒnsɪkreɪt/Definition of deconsecrate verb [with object] transfer (a building) from sacred to secular use:the church was deconsecrated in the early nineteenth centuryDerivatives deconsecrationPronunciation: /-ˈkreɪʃ(ə)n/ noun deconsecrate in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of deconsecrate in the US English dictionary