Both Uses of
defile
in
Angels & Demons
- Today he was fighting their battle, he was fighting the same enemy they had fought for ages, as far back as the eleventh century …. when the enemy's crusading armies had first pillaged his land, raping and killing his people, declaring them unclean, defiling their temples and gods.†
Chpt 5
- We are not about to defile His Holiness's body by cutting him open just because an enemy makes a taunting claim!†
Chpt 81-82 *
Definition:
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(defile as in: it was defiled) to spoil the beauty or purity of somethingin various senses, including:
- pollute a pristine lake
- harm a reputation or good name
- damage or disrespect something sacred
- take a person's virginity in a disrespectful way