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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiv. 15 Ȝe schulen se the abhomynacioun of discomfort [L. abominationem desolationis]..stondynge in the hooly place.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 58 (MED) What more abhominacioun of desolacoun in holi place þan þat a swyn do vpon þe holy vestiment and sing Goddis holy office?

1644 J. Doughty Kings Cavse 34 So many brainlesse impious positions are crept in, which like that Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the Prophet Daniel, Dan. 9. 27. have greatly poluted the house of God.

1708 E. Smith Serm. Preached Before Lord Mayor 10 It was the Glory of the Maccabees, That they purged the Temple, and removed the Abomination of Desolation.

1789 Hieroglyphick iv. 31 The Apocalyptic Beast, in all its black characters, the mystery of Iniquity, the abomination of Desolation in the Sanctuary doth now visibly appear throughout all the Pulpits of Christendom.

1850 Times 31 May 5/3 In the eyes of Sir Edward Buxton's friends, the abomination of desolation is preferable to the sight of a negro at work.

1883 R. A. Proctor Great Pyramid 197 The abomination of desolation to which..hath been assigned the name of the ‘Fifteen Puzzle’.

1910 J. O. P. Bland & E. Backhouse China under Empress Dowager xvii. 251 Seen even against the lurid background of the abomination of desolation which overtook Peking in August 1900, Ching Shan's fate was unusually tragic.

2007 Canad. Mennonite (Nexis) 11 June 7 A building such as this [sc. a shopping mall] is none other than the abomination of desolation.