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desecration|dɛsɪˈkreɪʃən|
[n. of action from desecrate: see -ation.]
The action of desecrating, deprivation of sacred or hallowed character, profanation; also, desecrated condition.
a1717T. Parnell Life Zoilus (T.), They sentenced him [Zoilus] to suffer by fire, as the due reward of his desecrations. 1727Bailey vol. II, Desecration, an unhallowing, a profaning. 1779in Brand Hist. Newcastle (1789) II. 124 note, The oratory..has been..shut up to preserve it from future desecrations. a1808Bp. Porteus Profan. Lord's Day (R.), Various profanations of the sabbath..threaten a gradual desecration of that holy day. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 99 The desecration of the abbey chapels. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Domestic Life Wks. (Bohn) III. 55 Does the consecration of Sunday confess the desecration of the entire week? |