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1. (n.) blasphemy
impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
2. blasphemy
an act of cursing or reviling God.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME < LL < Gk)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) blasphemy
blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
2. (noun) profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege
blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
"desecration of the Holy Sabbath"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) blasphemy
an indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity
2. (noun) blasphemy
figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. blasphemy
defined by Ruskin as the opposite of euphemy, and as wishing ill to anything, culminating in wishing ill to God, as the height of "ill-manners."
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