calumniate
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Monsieur mon frère!" exclaimed the lady indignantly, "if you forget your own position and mine, I must beg you at least to remember the profession of the holy man whom you calumniate.
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
They know not what they do, nor what they say: in their ignorance they calumniate that which is best both in their life and in themselves.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste
Is it necessary to hate those who disagree with you, and to calumniate those whose argument you cannot answer, in order to be spiritual?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
I am too well aware how men can lie and calumniate.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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