blasphemy
noun /ˈblæsfəmi/
/ˈblæsfəmi/
[uncountable, countable] (plural blasphemies)
- behaviour or language that is offensive or shows a lack of respect for God or religion
- He was accused of blasphemy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + blasphemy- commit
- speak
- utter
- …
- law
- blasphemy against
- a charge of blasphemy
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek blasphēmia ‘slander, blasphemy’.