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Cursing — • In its popular acceptation cursing is often confounded, especially in the phrase cursing and swearing , with the use of profane and insulting language; in canon law it sometimes signifies the ban of excommunication pronounced by the Church… … Catholic encyclopedia
Cursing — may refer to: Curse Profanity This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article … Wikipedia
cursing — index blasphemy, profanity, revilement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cursing — profanity, swearing, *blasphemy Analogous words: *curse, imprecation, malediction, anathema: execration, objurgation (see corresponding verbs at EXECRATE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Cursing — Curse Curse (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cursed} (k?rst) or {Curst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cursing}.] [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cursing — Invoking curses is a significant ability attributed to shamans in many cultures. It may either be thought of positively (as a means of protecting a shaman’s community, perhaps as a form of combat against enemies) or negatively (as a sanction… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Cursing the fig tree — Byzantine icon of the cursing of the fig tree. Major events in Jesus life from the Gospels Nativity of Jesus Baptism Temptation Ministry Commissioning … Wikipedia
cursing — Synonyms and related words: Rabelaisian, abusive, bad language, billingsgate, blasphemous, blue language, calumniatory, calumnious, colorful language, comminatory, contumelious, cussing, damnatory, denunciatory, dirty, dirty language, dirty talk … Moby Thesaurus
cursing — kÉœËs n. swear word; evil proclamation, imprecation; misfortune v. swear; blaspheme; wish evil on someone or something … English contemporary dictionary
cursing — Malediction; imprecation; execration; profane words intended to convey hate and to invoke harm; swearing … Black's law dictionary
