About The Word Blasphemy
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Blasphemy
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What's The Definition Of Blasphemy?
[n] blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"
[n] blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) Synonyms | Synonyms for Blasphemy: desecration | profanation | sacrilege Related Terms | Find terms related to Blasphemy: abuse | affront | anathema | ban | befouling | billingsgate | blasphemousness | commination | curse | cursing | cussing | damnation | denunciation | desecration | evil eye | excommunication | execration | fulmination | hex | impiety | imprecation | indignity | insult | malison | malocchio | profanation | profaneness | profanity | proscription | sacrilege | sacrilegiousness | scurrility | swearing | thundering | violation | vituperation | whammy See Also | discourtesy | disrespect | irreverence | profanity | violation Blasphemy In Webster's Dictionary \Blas"phe*my\, n. [L. blasphemia, Gr. ?: cf. OF.
blasphemie.]
1. 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.
Note: When used generally in statutes or at common law,
blasphemy is the use of irreverent words or signs in
reference to the Supreme Being in such a way as to
produce scandal or provoke violence.
2. Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny;
abuse; vilification.
Punished for his blasphemy against learning.
--Bacon.
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