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desecration

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as in sacrilege
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar

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“Desecration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desecration. Accessed 3 Dec. 2022.

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