| 单词 |
profanation |
| 释义 |
profanation|prɒfəˈneɪʃən|
Also 6–8 proph-.
[Early mod.E. a. OF. prophanation (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm., mod.F. prof-), or ad. late L. profānātiō n-em (Tert.), n. of action f. profān-āre to profane.]
The action of profaning; desecration or violation of that which is sacred; defilement, pollution.
1552Bk. Com. Prayer, Communion, That the Communicants knelyng shoulde receyue the holye Communion..to auoyde the prophanacion and dysordre which..myght els ensue. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. 1 Cor. xi. 34 Lest your prophanation of so holy a thing bring down God's Judgments on you. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 136 To preserve the structure from prophanation and ruin. 1803R. Hall Wks. (1833) I. 176 In no nation..has the profanation of sacred terms been so prevalent. 1877Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. xi. 131 A wall was built round the tomb to protect it from profanation.
b. By extension: The degradation or vulgarization of anything worthy of being held in reverence or respect; cheapening by familiarity.
1588Marprel. Epist. (Arb.) 49 You haue ioyned the prophanation of the magistracie, to the corruption of the ministerie. a1631Donne Poems (1650) 41 'Twere prophanation of our joyes To tell the layitie our love. 1780Cowper Table-t. 758 [Poetry] Distorted from its use and just design, To make the pitiful possessor shine,..Is profanation of the basest kind. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. 54 About this time too the profanation of the word, Love, rose to its height. 1862Burton Bk. Hunter (1863) 225 This morbid terror of the profanation of the treasures committed to their charge. |
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