Blasphemous definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BLAS'PHEMOUS, a. Containing blasphemy ... 1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious] 2: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: blasphemous, blue, profane] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 15th century impiously ... irreverent ; profane • blasphemously adverb • blasphemousness noun Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blasphemous Blas"phe*mous, a. [L. blasphemus, Gr. ?.] Speaking or ...
... adj 1: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: blasphemous, blue, profane] 2: not concerned with or devoted to religion ... 4: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious] v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or ... belonging to what is sacred or biblical; secular. 2 irreverent, blasphemous. 3 (of a rite etc.) heathen. 4 not initiated into ... taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue. --1 ...
... 1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious] Merriam Webster's adjective see sacrilege Webster's ... desecrating. Moby Thesaurus aberrant, abnormal, abominable, apostate, atheistic, atrocious, backsliding, blasphemous, criminal, delinquent, deviant, disgraceful, disrespectful, evil, fallen, fallen from grace ...
... God. Mark 2. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) 2: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character ... ies) 1 profane talk. 2 an instance of this. Derivatives: blasphemous adj. blasphemously adv. Etymology: ME f. OF blasfemie f. eccl ...
... God. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in a blasphemous manner; "the sailors were cursing blasphemously" Merriam Webster's adverb see blasphemous Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blasphemously Blas"phe*mous*ly, adv. In a blasphemous manner.
... as well as scandalous. In a more extensive sense, any blasphemous, treasonable or immoral writing or picture made public, is a ... person by written or representational means (3) the publication of blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene writings or pictures (4) the act ... such writings, pictures, and the like, as are of a blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene character. These also are indictable at ...
... its fresh interpretation identifying the man of sin with the blasphemous powers of evil then most active is the fact that ... power of the Roman government. In favor of making a blasphemous Roman emperor the man of sin, may be urged the ...
... spirited] 4: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: blasphemous, blue, profane] 5: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie ...
... the Jews threatened to stone Him for this--to them--blasphemous claim. Now when Jesus calmly avows that He is the ... the Jews, who accuse him before the council of speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and the Law. But this ...
... in an oath (oath of allegiance). 3 a profane or blasphemous utterance; a curse. Phrases and idioms: on (or under) oath ... perjury if the statement be false. 4. A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything ...