Profanation
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /pɹɒfəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin
From Middle French prophanation, profanation, and its source, Late Latin profanatio, from the participle stem of Latin profÄnÄre.
Full definition of profanation
Noun
profanation
(plural profanations)- The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.37: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.