profanismn.
/prəˈfeɪnɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /prəˈfeɪˌnɪz(ə)m/, /proʊˈfeɪˌnɪz(ə)m/ rare.
Profaneness, profanity.
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society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [noun] > quality of being sacrilegious
profaneness?1578
profanism1607
sacrilegiousness1727
society > faith > worship > sacrilege > blasphemy > [noun]
cursingc1050
blasphemyc1230
blaspheme1384
blasphemingc1430
blasphement1544
blasphemationc1550
profanity1563
profaneness?1578
profanism1607
1607 J. Marston What you Will iv. i Bee it spoken without prophanisme, hee hath more in this traine.
1888 N.Y. Times 6 Dec. in Russ. Rev. (1971) 30 253 He dethrones art in order to assert profanism and sacrilege.
1950 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 20 Apr. 3 It [sc. a play] caused a furor on the campus. Two weeks before it appeared it had been hailed as..‘conceived in purest profanism and dedicated to the anti-Christ.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1607- to bow the knee
- to bow up or down
- to bowl
- to bowl along
- to bowl formerly outside the wicket
- to bowl one to death
- to bowl out of his money
- to bowl over the wicket
- to bowl round the wicket
- to bowl short
- to bowl to death
- to bowl with one's head
- to bowse up the jib
- to box a esp oneself into a corner
- to box a person into a corner
- to box a person's ears
- to box about
- to box clever
- to box harry
- to box in
- to box into a corner
- to box it about
- to box it out
- to box it to box it off
- to box off