1eccl.to unconsecrate, return to lay status:
(
1171-74;
MS: c.1200
)
Ço que Deus a sacré ne puet nuls dessacrer
1271
1to 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
7199
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