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Antonyms for unconsecrated
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kon-si-kreyt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn sɪˌkreɪt |
Definition of unconsecrated
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin consecratus, past participle of consecrare "to make holy, devote," from com- "together" (see com-) + sacrare (see sacred). Related: Consecrated; consecrating.
- As in profane : adj immoral, crude, disrespectful of religion
- As in unhallowed : adj unholy
- It was unconsecrated, and there could be no sacrilege in using it.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- You were good from instinct and from unconsecrated moral grace.
- Extract from : « The Philosophical Letters » by Friedrich Schiller
- I don't want to think that—that what we feel for each other is—unconsecrated.
- Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- That she—” he said, “that she should lie so far from them, and in unconsecrated ground!
- Extract from : « In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- For "unconsecrated" ricefields the ritual is less complicated.
- Extract from : « Indo-China and Its Primitive People » by Henry Baudesson
- The first allowance settled on the heir to his unconsecrated royal father's uncertain fortunes was ten crowns a month.
- Extract from : « Charles the Bold » by Ruth Putnam
- Every rain that descends washes from the unconsecrated bank the bones of those intrepid sufferers.
- Extract from : « American Prisoners of the Revolution » by Danske Dandridge
- Nor let us think they who lie beneath its shadow are indeed resting (as degenerate Italians fancy) in unconsecrated ground.
- Extract from : « Walks in Rome » by Augustus J.C. Hare
- He is not to rest among the respectable Christians; but in the strip of unconsecrated ground outside the sacred inclosure.
- Extract from : « Told by the Death's Head » by Mr Jkai
- I desire to be buried in the unconsecrated part of the cemetery, in the spot where six months ago I caused a stake to be driven.
- Extract from : « The Surprises of Life » by Georges Clemenceau
Synonyms for unconsecrated
- abusive
- atheistic
- blasphemous
- coarse
- deconsecrated
- dirty
- filthy
- foul
- godless
- heathen
- idolatrous
- impious
- impure
- indecent
- infidel
- irreligious
- irreverent
- irreverential
- mundane
- nasty
- obscene
- pagan
- profanatory
- raunchy
- sacrilegious
- secular
- sinful
- smutty
- temporal
- transient
- transitory
- unblessed
- unconsecrated
- ungodly
- unhallowed
- unholy
- unsacred
- unsanctified
- vulgar
- wicked
- worldly
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