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A Word A Day : Desecrate
Sunday, 23rd September 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Desecrate
Pronunciation : des'i-krat'
1. To violate the sacredness of
2. To spoil or mar the sanctity of
3. To treat disrespectfully or irreverently
4. Remove the consecration from a person or an object
Middle English consecraten, from Latin cnsecrre, cnsecrt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sacrre, to make sacred {from sacer, sacr-, sacred}-[DE– + (CON)SECRATE]
1. Defile
2. Violate
3. Profane
4. Pollute
5. Dirty
1. Sanctify
2. Praise
3. Honor
4. Consecrate
• There is no happiness in life and there is no misery like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a home. — Edwin Hubble Chapin
• None will ever find it easy to desecrate his mind.
1. Desecrater : Noun
2. Desecrator : Noun
3. Desecration : Noun
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