profanation

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French prophanation, profanation, and its source, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value LL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. profanatio, from the participle stem of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin profānāre.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value UK is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɹɒfəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Noun

profanation (countable and uncountable, plural profanations)

  1. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
    • Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
    • 1826-06, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 528:
      […] but there is a time and a season for all things, and we look upon such attempts as that before us, with a certain portion of respect for a good intention, but as a lamentable want of judgment and good taste, not to speak of a familiarity with the phraseology of Scripture, little short of profanation.

French

Etymology

profaner +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

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Noun

profanation f (plural profanations)

  1. profanation
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