desecrationn.
/dɛsɪˈkreɪʃən/ The action of desecrating, deprivation of sacred or hallowed character, profanation; also, desecrated condition.
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society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [noun]
sacrilegea1300
sacrilegyc1380
pollutiona1382
violation1461
profanation1536
dishallowing1562
exauguration1600
desecrationa1717
profanement1815
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [noun] > desecration or profanation
sacrilege1390
violation1461
violating1523
profaning1547
profanation1588
temeration1641
desecrationa1717
a1717 T. Parnell Life Zoilus (T.) They sentenced him [Zoilus] to suffer by fire, as the due reward of his desecrations.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Desecration, an unhallowing, a profaning.
1780 in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 124 The oratory..has been..shut up to preserve it from future desecrations.
a1808 B. Porteus Profan. Lord's Day (R.) Various profanations of the sabbath..threaten a gradual desecration of that holy day.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 99 The desecration of the abbey chapels.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 119 Does the consecration of Sunday confess the desecration of the entire week?
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