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Deconsecration, also called secularization, is the act of removing a religious blessing from something that had been previously Temple B’Nai Israel to conduct last service in synagogue Sunday, By KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald Dec 9, 2020
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Deconsecration, also called secularization, is the act of removing a religious blessing from something that had been previously consecrated
Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...
by a minister or priest of that religion. The practice is usually performed on churches or synagogues to be rendered to non-religious ( secular) use or demolished./ref>
See also
* Consecration * Desacralization of knowledge * Desecration *Secularization (church property)
Secularization is the confiscation of church property by a government, such as in the suppression of monasteries. The term is often used to specifically refer to such confiscations during the French Revolution and the First French Empire in the ...
, the confiscation of church property by a government
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