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dessacrer (1171-74)
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dessacrer (1171-74)

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desacrer  
  FEW:  sacrare 11,38b Gdf:  dessacrer 2,648b GdfC: ∅ TL: dessacrer 2,1739 DEAF:  sacrer (dessacrer)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

eccl.to unconsecrate, return to lay status: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Ço que Deus a sacré ne puet nuls dessacrer  Becket1 1271

v. refl.

to desecrate onseself, lose one's sacred character: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  La Cit d’Enfern [...] U Sacrilege demorra Ové l’angre (=angel) qui se desacra Sique jammais n’ert resacré  GOWER Mirour 7199

See also:

sacrer 
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