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Blasphemous behavior
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profanation
Word definitions for profanation in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Profanation \Prof`a*na"tion\, n. [L. profanatio: cf. F. profanation. See Profane , v. t.] The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, from Old French prophanation (15c., Modern French profanation ) or directly from Late Latin profanationem (nominative profanatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of profanare (see profane (adj.)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) is the last album by Praxis , released in Japan on January 1, 2008. The album features guest appearances by Iggy Pop , Mike Patton , Serj Tankian and Killah Priest among others. The album had a US release ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" [syn: desecration , blasphemy , sacrilege ] degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening
Usage examples of profanation.
This prudent and even pious measure was represented as a wicked profanation by the whole party which adhered to the Homoousian doctrine.
He felt it as a profanation to break upon that enchanted strain--the susceptibility of his excited nature, the Greek softness and ardour of his secret soul, were swayed and captured by surprise.
I was summoned, but did not appear before the court, and a writ was on the point of being issued against my body, when the complaint of the profanation of a grave was filed against me before the same magistrate.
Don Baithazar thought that the venerable Daton was a fraud, that Salmud Brevy and Robert Frost should have hanged themselves with their own entrails, that Wordsworth was a fool, and that anything less than Shakespeare’s sonnets was a profanation of the language.
This prudent and even pious measure was represented as a wicked profanation by the whole party which adhered to the Homoousian doctrine.
Ever inspired by the spirit of truth, the Church was forced to condemn— under the names of Magic, Manicheanism, Illumi-nism and Masonry—all that was in kinship, remote or approximate, with the primitive profanation of the mysteries.
Ever inspired by the spirit of truth, the Church was forced to condemn— under the names of Magic, Manicheanism, Illuminism and Masonry— all that was in kinship, remote or approximate, with the primitive profanation of the mysteries.
The manifold profanations heaped upon that holy object by those who should have been its protectors amounted to a gross and terrible sacrilege.