Desecrate
Desecrate , transitive verb
[Latin desecratus, past participle of desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- + sacrare to consecrate, from sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated.
The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations.