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Desecrated
Desecrate Des"e*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desecrating.] [L. desecratus, p. p. of desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- + sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See Sacred.] To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate. The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated. --W. Tooke. The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations. --Salmon.

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- more than 35 Serbian Orthodox church buildings were desecrated, damaged or destro****. Desecration is taken harshly by Sikhs. It is called beadbi by them...
- leaders desecrated the Bible at The Satanic Temple convention in Boston; in the same year, at least four churches were arsoned and Bibles were desecrated in...
- Faroese flag, MerkiĆ°, may not be desecrated, "neither by words nor by deeds". The Egyptian government made flag desecration illegal in 2014. It is punishable...
- region. In 1370 in Brussels the charge of host desecration, linked to an actual recovered relic of desecrated hosts currently found in the Cathedral of St...
- vandalism. In some cases the desecration is racially motivated, like in the 2004 case of two white teens who desecrated the grave of James Byrd, Jr (a...
- Retrieved 4 December 2020. "Desecrated Quran found in a trash dump in Saudi Arabia". Shafaqna. 24 June 2019. "Quran Desecration in Taif, Saudi Arabia". International...
- Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne is the ninth book in the Left Behind series. It was published on Tuesday, October 30, 2001, by Tyndale House...
- Sabbath desecration is the failure to observe the Biblical Sabbath and is usually considered a sin and a breach of a holy day in relation to either the...
- Jat army attacked the tomb, in Sikandra, Agra, under Rajaram Jat, and desecrated the tomb of the third Mughal emperor. This successful raid followed a...
- Look up desecration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Desecration is the act of depriving something of its sacred character. Desecration may also refer...