Verb: desacralize dee'sa-kru,liz or dee'sey-kru,liz
- Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
"The government desacralized several church properties";
- secularize, desacralise [Brit], secularise [Brit]
Derived forms: desacralized, desacralizes, desacralizing
Type of: transfer
Encyclopedia: Desacralize