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Disgraceful

Bringing disgrace causing shame shameful dishonorable unbecoming as profaneness is disgraceful to a man

Holy

Set apart to the service or worship of God hallowed sacred reserved from profane or common use holy vessels a holy priesthood

Sacrilege

time capital, the last execution having taken place in 1819. The act or an instance of desecrating or profaning a sacred thing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1336.

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Blasphemy

denying to the Almighty His Being and Providence, or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ. Also, all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, and exposing it to contempt and ridicule. It is an indictable misdemeanour at

Sacrilegious

Violating sacred things polluted with sacrilege involving sacrilege profane impious

Sacrilege

The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things the alienating to laymen or to common purposes what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious

Sacred

by solemn religious ceremony especially in a good sense made holy set apart to religious use consecrated not profane or common as a sacred place a sacred day sacred service

Impious

Not pious wanting piety irreligious irreverent ungodly profane wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being as an impious deed impious language

Desecrater

One who desecrates a profaner

goddam

A more intense and vulgar form of darned often taken as profane and offensive

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