different between profanation vs sacrilege

English

Etymology

From Middle French prophanation, profanation, and its source, Late Latin profanatio, from the participle stem of Latin prof?n?re.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??f??ne??(?)n/

Noun

profanation (countable and uncountable, plural profanations)

1. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
   • 1826-06, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 528:

     […] but there is a time and a season for all things, and we look upon such attempts as that before us, with a certain portion of respect for a good intention, but as a lamentable want of judgment and good taste, not to speak of a familiarity with the phraseology of Scripture, little short of profanation.

Related terms

• profane

Translations

French

Etymology

profaner +? -ation

Pronunciation

Noun

profanation f (plural profanations)

1. profanation

English

Alternative forms

• sacriledge (obsolete)

Etymology

Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. Borrowed from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”), from phrase sacrum legere, from sacrum (from sacer (“sacred, holy”)) + leg? (“gather; take, steal”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?k- and *le?-. Sense of “profanation” from late 14th century.

Unrelated to religion, which is ultimately from lig? (“I tie, bind, or bandage”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley?- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæk??l?d??/

Noun

sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)

1. Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.

Derived terms

• sacrilegious

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Gilcrease

Latin

Etymology

From sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”) +? -? (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

sacrileg? (not comparable)

1. sacrilegiously, impiously

Synonyms

• (impiously): irreligi?s?, nef?ri?

Related terms

References

• sacrilege in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacrilege in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]

Old French

Etymology

First attested at the end of the 12th century, borrowed from Latin sacrilegium.

Noun

sacrilege m (oblique plural sacrileges, nominative singular sacrileges, nominative plural sacrilege)

1. sacrilege

Descendants

• English: sacrilege
• French: sacrilège

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