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Profanation synonyms

prŏf'ə-nā'shən

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abuse
Insulting or hurtful language, especially when used to threaten or demoralize:
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profanity
Profanity is defined as vulgar or obscene language or behavior.
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impiety
(Uncountable) The state of being impious
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sacrilege
The definition of a sacrilege is a desecration or violation of something that is held sacred.
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blasphemy (related)
The act of reviling, ridiculing, or being disrespectful or irreverent of, by words or conduct, God, religion, a religious doctrine, a religious icon, or anything considered sacred. A crime under the common law if the blasphemy was directed towards Christianity or Christian doctrine and icons and is still a statutory crime (although rarely enforced) in many states.
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heresy (related)
A religious belief opposed to the orthodox doctrines of a church; esp., such a belief specifically denounced by the church
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sin (related)
(Theology) Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
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desecration
A desecrating or being desecrated
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violation
The act of breaching the law; contravening a duty or right.
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sacred (related)
An act of disrespect or impiety toward something regarded as sacred
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apostacy (related)
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Profanation Sentence Examples

  • Often there is a reredos behind it; it is also fenced in by rails to preserve it from profanation of various kinds.

  • The last two passages agree in speaking of the capture of Jerusalem, the first declares Zion inviolable, and its capture an impossible profanation.

  • The holiness of Israel centres in the sanctuary, and round the sanctuary stand the priests, who alone can approach the most holy things without profanation, and who are the guardians of Israel's sanctity, partly by protecting the one meeting-place of God and man from profane contact, and partly as the mediators of the continual atoning rites by which breaches of holiness are expiated.

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