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desecrations

desecrations is the plural of desecration.

Meaning of desecration

Noun

desecration (countable and uncountable, plural desecrations)

  1. An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
    • It seemed a desecration and an unhallowed thing to touch that sleeping image of the live man by my side.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about desecrations

What is desecrations the plural of?
Desecrations is the plural of desecration.

Words near desecrations in the dictionary

  1. desecrates
  2. desecratest
  3. desecrateth
  4. desecrating
  5. desecration
  6. desecrations
  7. desecrator
  8. desecrators
  9. desecularisation
  10. desecularisations
  11. desecularization

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