dishallowv.
/dɪsˈhaləʊ/ transitive. To undo the hallowing of; to destroy or violate the sacredness of; to profane.
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society > faith > worship > sacrilege > cause sacrilege [verb (transitive)]
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1624 T. Adams Temple 17 Nor can the vnholinesse of the Priest dishallow the Altar.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xxvi. 63) To pollute and dishallow..that ‘glorious and fearful name of God’.
1833 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 359 If curses are not dis-hallowed by descending so low.
1869 Ld. Tennyson Pelleas & Ettarre 437 Ye, that so dishallow the holy sleep, Your sleep is death.
Derivatives
disˈhallowing n. profanation.
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society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [noun]
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1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 69v God hateth the dishallowyng of the Saboth.
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