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Definition of Desecrates
1. desecrate [v] - See also: desecrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desecrates
Literary usage of Desecrates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reminiscences of a Diplomatist's Wife: Further Reminiscences of a by Hugh Fraser (1912)
"The Curse of the Latins — Mademoiselle Jaures and the Broken Crucifix — Santa
Maria desecrates the Cemeteries — A Clandestine Funeral — Chilean Heroines ..."
2. A History of the Jewish Nation: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Edward Henry Palmer (1883)
"... an attempt on the treasures of the Temple—Antiochus Epiphanes desecrates the
Holy City ; enormities of his creatures Jason and Menelaus—The persecutions ..."
3. The Miscellaneous Writings of John Fiske: With Many Portraits of Illustrious by John Fiske (1902)
"Suppose we say," Pantheism desecrates Deity : " here we seem to have simply one
Greek word followed by two Latin words; but the Teutonic shibboleth comes ..."
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