profaneness

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People have entirely left off the sin of profaneness; and, as to intemperance, there is very little of that.'

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various

It is only by tracing them to the Roman Saturnalia that we can at all account for these grotesque sports—that extraordinary mixture of libertinism and profaneness, so long continued under Christianity.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

If we listen to their conversation, virtue is praised, and vice is censured; piety is perhaps applauded, and profaneness condemned.

From A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by Wilberforce, William

It is stated that Bishop Morton condemned the profaneness of the company who had disturbed the service at the church.

From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William

To some it may seem a profaneness to turn those old legends into verse.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey