单词 | profaning |
释义 | profaningn. The action of profane v., desecration; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [noun] > desecration or profanation sacrilege1390 violation1461 violating1523 profaning1547 profanation1588 temeration1641 desecrationa1717 1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick Pref. 5 It is a profanyng of lernying, and a meanes to bring it in to contempte. 1588 J. Penry Def. Ignorant Ministerie 17 The profaning of baptisme among the papistes can make them no more to be within the Churche. 1617 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1902) 25 15 Robert Terry for profaning of the Sabbath Day, by binding barley, and powting of podder, upon the Sabbath. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Desecration, an unhallowing, a profaning. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xv. 14 But should impious heat or humour headstrong Drive thee wilfully, wretch, to such profaning. 1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare iii The profaning of sacred places will bring a punishment. 1915 Times 16 Jan. 11/2 We..do not shrink too much from the profaning of our own images. 1999 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News 9 Oct. 1 e The association of the sacred figures with excrement, Camille said, constitutes a ‘profaning of the image’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). profaningadj. That desecrates or profanes. ΚΠ 1652 H. Crompton tr. H. C. Agrippa Glory of Women 25 We read of men, that in abundant measure, Had many Wives, for their lascivious pleasure: And such were Lamech, Jacob,..and great Roboham; Sampson, prophaning Esau, [etc.]. 1806 E. Jerningham Poems IV. (ed. 9) 103 Our active zealot, hast'ning to the field, Grasps, with profaning hand, Faith's hallow'd shield. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 187 Scenes..Of senseless and profaning mirth. 1923 Times 27 Feb. 12/4 Even the disarrangements caused by the profaning hands of robbers are unable to obscure the reverential care with which everything was done. 2002 C. E. Hayes Gentile Impurities & Jewish Identities i. iii. 62 The blemish of genealogical unfitness, like other blemishes, is a profaning rather than a ritually defiling factor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1547adj.1652 |
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