unsaint

English

Etymology

un- +‎ saint

Verb

unsaint (third-person singular simple present unsaints, present participle unsainting, simple past and past participle unsainted)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of sainthood.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
      the Jews , like the Men here of late , for ever unsainting all the World

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