treat sacrilegiously
1violate — v 1. break, breach, infract, contravene, infringe, transgress; disobey, ignore, shun, disregard, reject, repudiate; trespass, offend, Rare. misdemean, misbehave. 2. disturb, disrupt, interrupt, upset, agitate, disorder, unsettle, trouble; rend,… …
2desecrate — v. a. Profane, pollute, treat sacrilegiously, pervert to unholy uses …
3profane — 1. adjective 1) subjects both sacred and profane Syn: secular, lay, nonreligious, temporal; formal laic Ant: religious, sacred 2) a profane man Syn: irreverent, irreligious …
4defile — v 1. pollute, taint, dirty, soil, poison, befoul, make filthy, begrime; spot, smear, blot, blur, smudge, smirch, draggle, spatter, besmear, daub; maculate, stain, tarnish. 2. ravish, rape, deprive of virginity, deflower; assault, attack, force,… …
5desecrate — v defile, profane, unhallow, treat sacrilegiously, commit sacrilege; blaspheme, curse, swear; debase, degrade, befoul; contaminate, infect, make impure, vitiate, pollute; misuse, corrupt, violate …
6Baptism — • One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the first sacrament , the door of the sacraments , and the door of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baptism Baptism …
7Donatists — • The Donatist schism in Africa began in 311 and flourished just one hundred years, until the conference at Carthage in 411, after which its importance waned Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Donatists Donatists …
