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blasphemy

blasp·hemy

UK/ˈblæs.fə.mi/ US/ˈblæsfʌmi/ uncommon

noun

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blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

  • “desecration of the Holy Sabbath”
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From Middle English blasfemie, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”). Displaced native Old English tāl.

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