An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

plural of desecration

simple past tense and past participle of desecrate

present participle of desecrate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desecrate

A person who profanes or violates the sacredness or sanctity of something.

plural of desecrator

(transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something. / (transitive) To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.

(rare) Desecrated.

(Christianity) The sacrilegious mistreatment or malicious use of the host (consecrated bread of the Eucharist).