profanation
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The First Kind of Profanation Profanations are of many kinds.
From Spiritual Life and the Word of God by Swedenborg, Emanuel
This seems to relate to an Observance among the Jews not to pronounce the proper or peculiar Name of God, they deeming it a Profanation so to do.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
Also the Profanation of the Tombs; if anything this was worse.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis
But the prize goes to a rising star, young Sophocles; and presently the Gods' Messenger is formally accused and tried for "Profanation of the Mysteries."
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
Profanation to the royal arcanum of their hearts!
From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
Vocabulary lists containing profanation
Twelfth Night
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"A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne
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"The Picture of Dorian Gray," Vocabulary from Chapters 5-8
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