Both Uses of
desecrate
in
Death and the King's Horseman
- OLUNDE [mildly] And that is the good cause for which you desecrate an ancestral mask?†
Chpt 4 *desecrate = violate the sacred nature of something
- I began to follow the moon to the abode of the gods ....servant of the white king, that was when you entered my chosen place of departure on feet of desecration.†
Chpt 5desecration = the act of violating the sacred nature of something