desecrated — adjective treated with contempt many desecrated shrines and cemeteries • Ant: ↑consecrated • Similar to: ↑deconsecrated, ↑profaned, ↑violated … Useful english dictionary
desecrated — adj. profaned, violated, defiled des·e·crate || desɪkreɪt v. defile, violate, profane, pollute … English contemporary dictionary
desecrated grave — defiled or damaged a burial place … English contemporary dictionary
desecrated the Sabbath — disregarded the holiness of the Sabbath, profaned the Sabbath … English contemporary dictionary
consecrated vs desecrated consecrate — dedicated dedicated adj. 1. wholly committed to a purpose or cause; as, a dedicated musician. Syn: devoted. [WordNet 1.5] 2. zealous in loyalty or affection; as, dedicated nurses. Syn: devoted. [WordNet 1.5] 3. set apart especially for a higher… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Freedom of religion in Russia — The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice; however, in some cases authorities imposed restrictions on certain groups. Although the constitution provides for the equality of… … Wikipedia
Iconoclasm — Reformation iconoclasm in the 16th century. Relief statues in St Stevenskerk in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, attacked in the Beeldenstorm … Wikipedia
Noakhali genocide — Gandhi listens to a survivor in Noakhali. Noakhali genocide (Bengali: নোয়াখালী গণহত্যা) also known as the Noakhali Carnage was a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus and loot and arson of Hindu properties,… … Wikipedia
AUSTRIA — AUSTRIA, country in Central Europe. Middle Ages Jews lived in Austria from the tenth century. However the history of the Jews in Austria from the late Middle Ages was virtually that of the Jews in vienna and its environs. In the modern period,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
