profaneness

Example Sentences

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Does it not occur to you, what a degree of profaneness would be committed in respect of them.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus

That is, because I admit that profaneness exists in the Church, therefore I consider it a token of the Church.

From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry

People have entirely left off the sin of profaneness; and, as to intemperance, there is very little of that.'

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various

"Damnation, John," interposed the professor, "how often have I told you the word is profaneness and not profanity?"

From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie

It is stated that Bishop Morton condemned the profaneness of the company who had disturbed the service at the church.

From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William