She could not have been killed had she not first been deconsecrated, and she had unwittingly colluded in her own deconsecration by asserting her divine right to the one privilege no deified being can exercise with impunity. |
In most instances, adapting a house of worship to a secular purpose, a measure that in some denominations requires a deconsecration ritual, is the only way to save the building from demolition. |
It seems that the wind of deconsecration blowing through churches and temples is as strong in Ontario as in Quebec. |
During the deconsecration of a church, the relic is again removed from the sepulcrum. |
By 8 A. M. on Dec. 16, the deconsecration of Three Rivers is under way. |
But today they behave as if they'd been invited to the deconsecration of a cathedral. |