desecration
1DESECRATION — (Heb. חִלּוּל, ḥillul; lit., desanctification or profanation ). In the Bible Desecration occurs when the holy is replaced by the profane or impure, the difference between the two being that the impure must be purified before it can be… …
2Desecration — • The loss of that peculiar quality of sacredness, which inheres in places and things in virtue of the constitutive blessing of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Desecration Desecration …
3Desecration — Des e*cra tion, n. The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated. [1913 Webster] …
4desecration — [des΄i krā′shən] n. a desecrating or being desecrated SYN. SACRILEGE * * * See desecrater. * * * …
5desecration — index blasphemy, defilement, misusage, profanity, violation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6desecration — 1717, noun of action from DESECRATE (Cf. desecrate) …
7desecration — *profanation, sacrilege, blasphemy Analogous words: defilement, pollution (see corresponding verbs at CONTAMINATE) …
8desecration — [n] violation, abuse blasphemy, debasement, defilement, impiety, irreverence, profanation, sacrilege; concepts 246,252 Ant. honor, praise, sanctification …
9desecration — [des΄i krā′shən] n. a desecrating or being desecrated SYN. SACRILEGE …
10Desecration — For other uses, see Desecration (disambiguation). Desecration (also called desacralization or desanctification) is the act of depriving something of its sacred character, or the disrespectful or contemptuous treatment of that which is held to be… …
