The crime or sin of stealing or misappropriating what is consecrated to God's service. In ecclesiastical use, extended to include any kind of…

= sacrilege, n.1

Desecration of that which is sacred; the condition of being desecrated. rare after 17th cent.

Desecration or profanation of something sacred; sacrilege. Also: an instance of this.

The action or an act of profaning; desecration or violation of that which is held to be sacred; defilement.

profanation.

The action of unhallowing or making profane.

The action of desecrating, deprivation of sacred or hallowed character, profanation; also, desecrated condition.

= profanation, n.