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Definition of Desecrated
1. Adjective. Treated with contempt. "Many desecrated shrines and cemeteries"
Definition of Desecrated
1. Verb. (past of desecrate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desecrated
1. desecrate [v] - See also: desecrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desecrated
Literary usage of Desecrated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Jehu, after his entry into Samaria, had the prophets and priests of Baal slain,
and the idolatrous sites destroyed and desecrated (II Kings x ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... took by storm the convent of the Dominicans and desecrated the churches.
The credulous populace regarded them as saints and brought them the sick to be ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... buried within the desecrated precincts were disinterred and removed to other
places. Port Boyal de Paris continued to subsist in obscurity until 1790. ..."
4. History of the Conquest of Mexico: With a Preliminary View of the Ancient by William Hickling Prescott (1874)
"... hospitality to those who had desecrated and destroyed their shrines.23 When
Father Olmedo, therefore, kneeling at his side, with the uplifted crucifix, ..."
5. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"... as soon as it becomes stained and desecrated through the fellowship of unworthy
men. The more objective or subjective tendency made all the difference ..."
6. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"What a sad ending to the closing days of their life ! happiest days, were either
demolished or turned to vile uses; their churches desecrated ; heresy ..."
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