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Meanings of profanation in English
Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character.
Usage of profanation in English
1
We start back in horror, as if in the act of profanation.
2
This manner of profanation is also described by the Lord in Matthew:
3
The gentle eye of Mrs. Bullfrog scarcely rebuked me for the profanation.
4
God preserve me from tempting you with ambition; that would be profanation.
5
That is, indeed, the greatest profanation and dishonor of the divine name.
6
The noise of your footstep seems like a profanation of holy ground.
7
There are men whose looks are a profanation to any good woman.
8
Weighed in this scale, what a profanation is this man guilty of!
9
If that is not profanation, I should like to know what is!'
10
Oh, I don't care about the profanation; but what will Teddy think?
11
Don't use that word 'wife,' it is profanation; I can't bear it!
12
The entertainment of the proposition of depravity is the last profligacy and profanation.
13
The upholding of it before the mob of Marseilles had been a profanation.
14
You are a profanation of the uniform of the United States.
15
The gravest charge against you is the profanation of holy places.
16
Such conduct was a profanation to the memory of Isaac and Eliza Travers.
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