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profanation

/ˌpɹɔfəˈneɪʃən/

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What does profanation mean?

noun

  1. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌpɹɔfəˈneɪʃən/

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This is what Sunday might be made, and what it might be made without impiety or profanation.
Charles DickensSunday Under Three HeadsProject Gutenberg ebook #922
His voice sounded thin and futile after the other’s, and to Jurgis it seemed a profanation.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140
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Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
In a certain sense, it is a sort of profanation to consider if my garden pays, or to set a money- value upon my delight in it.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
Can there be, my Christian brethren, a greater profanation of a holy ordinance than the use of the drunkard's cup as a communion wine, instead of the fruit of the vine?
John EllisPersonal Experience of a PhysicianProject Gutenberg ebook #6481