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blasphemy

[ blas-fuh-mee ]

noun

plural blasphemies.
  1. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. Judaism.
    1. an act of cursing or reviling God.
    2. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
  3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
  4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.:

    He uttered blasphemies against life itself.



blasphemy

/ 藞产濒忙蝉蹿瑟尘瑟 /

noun

  1. blasphemous behaviour or language
  2. Also calledblasphemous libel law the crime committed if a person insults, offends, or vilifies the deity, Christ, or the Christian religion
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞苍路产濒补蝉顎僷丑别路尘测 noun plural nonblasphemies
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of blasphemy1

First recorded in 1175鈥1225; Middle English blasphemie, from Late Latin 产濒补蝉辫丑脓尘颈补, from Greek, equivalent to blasphem(ous) + -y 3
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"To me, Belsen was the ultimate blasphemy," wrote one British soldier, Michael Bentine, who, after World War Two, went on to become a famous entertainer.

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The court said her comments could disrupt "public order" and "religious harmony" in society, and charged her with committing blasphemy.

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Putting secular documents together with the Holy Bible is technically an act of blasphemy.

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In that climate, publicly denouncing a man for blasphemy was tantamount to designating a terrorist target, prosecutors will argue.

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Blasphemy accusations are common in Pakistan and under the country鈥檚 blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or Islamic religious figures can be sentenced to death.

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