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 Titus Livius
It is true that when the Tatler appeared, that age of outrageous profaneness and licentiousness which followed the Restoration had passed away.
From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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 William Andrews
It was reported that the indiscriminate association of prisoners in them produced more vice, profaneness and demoralization than in the ordinary prisons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
Incidentally, the habit of Collier and his followers of giving excerpts to illustrate the profaneness and immorality of the stage produced an unexpected effect in at least one quarter.
From Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage (1704); Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady (1704) by Anonymous
