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profanatory

profanatory adjective: involving or relating to profanation.

Adjective

profanatory (comparative more profanatory, superlative most profanatory)

  1. Involving or relating to profanation.

Forms of profanatory

comparativemore profanatory
superlativemost profanatory

Origin of profanatory

From Classical Latin profānāt-, the past participial stem of profānō, + -ory. By surface analysis, profane + -atory.

Questions about profanatory

What does profanatory mean?
Profanatory means involving or relating to profanation.
What part of speech is profanatory?
Profanatory is an adjective.

Words near profanatory in the dictionary

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

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