prophanation
prophanation is the obsolete form of profanation.
Meaning of profanation
Noun
profanation (countable and uncountable, plural profanations)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- blasphemy, sacrilege, perversion, abasement, adulteration, corruption, debasement, debauchment, defilement, depravation
Forms of prophanation
| plural | prophanations |
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Questions about prophanation
- What is prophanation the obsolete form of?
- Prophanation is the obsolete form of profanation.
Words near prophanation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prophanation (page history and authors); profanation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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