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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /pɹɒfəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

名詞

profanation (countable and uncountable, plural profanations)

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

   Synonyms: blasphemy, sacrilege, perversion; see also Thesaurus:corruption, Thesaurus:sacrilege

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     those which mocke and condemne it, intend neverthelesse to wrong this noble vertue; but onely to condemne the abuse and profanation of so sacred a title […].

   • 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.

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