Sentence:  And it is, as I said, with unmingled satisfaction, that I find that no disposition has been evinced among us, to commit any of these irregular reappropriations; or to adopt any of these devices, novel or obsolete, for the decoration or <WSD>dedecoration</WSD> of sacred edifices, and those who minister in them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The removal of decoration.