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profanations

profanations is the plural of profanation.

Meaning of profanation

Noun

profanation (countable and uncountable, plural profanations)

  1. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
    • 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[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about profanations

What is profanations the plural of?
Profanations is the plural of profanation.

Words near profanations in the dictionary

  1. profanate
  2. profanated
  3. profanates
  4. profanating
  5. profanation
  6. profanations
  7. profanatory
  8. profane
  9. profaned
  10. profanely
  11. profanement

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