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View synonyms for profanation

profanation

[ prof-uh-ney-shuhn ]

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Word History and Origins

Origin of profanation1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Late Latin profānātiōn- (stem of profānātiō “desecration”), equivalent to Latin profānāt(us) (past participle of profānāre “to desecrate”) + -iōn- noun suffix; replacing prophanation, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin prophānātiō, for Late Latin profānātiō, as above; profane, -ion
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Example Sentences

The limbs and members of the slain Christ were made the vehicle of revolting profanation.

He gazed and then he did not gaze at all—it seemed like a profanation.

He looked upon married life, with all its hallowed beauty, as a profanation for a priest.

Have not many, who have ended their days on the scaffold, traced their ruin to the profanation of the Sabbath?

Rarely, if ever, has there been a more ghastly profanation of the Holy Sacrament of Regeneration!

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