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desecrating
(encz) | desecrating,znesvěcení n: Zdeněk Brož |
desecrating
(encz) | desecrating,znesvěcující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Desecrating
(gcide) | Desecrate \Des"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Desecrating.] [L. desecratus, p. p. of
desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken
in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- +
sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a
sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to
put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
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The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment
without being previously desecrated. --W. Tooke.
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The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those
who should desecrate their donations. --Salmon.
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desecrating
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