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profaning

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1. profaning - Noun

2. profaning - Verb

Meaning

of Profane

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. Tom Stoppard

Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another By profaning the covenant of the fathers? Malachi

Accordingly, defendants are not routinely required to swear before testifying, which would risk casually profaning the Quran should the defendant commit perjury; instead oaths are a solemn procedure performed as a final part of the evidence process. Source: Internet

Germany and some other countries have laws prohibiting certain acts, such as dancing and horse racing, that are seen as profaning the solemn nature of the day. Source: Internet

He is said to have also denounced his own father on the charge of profaning the mysteries, but to have rescued him again in the hour of danger - a charge he strenuously denied. Source: Internet

For them she is not a mere mortal, and any act that they see as profaning that iconic image of her would outrage them. Source: Internet

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