All 3 Uses
blasphemy
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Moby Dick
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- To be enraged with a dumb thing, Captain Ahab, seems blasphemous.†
Chpt 34-36 *blasphemous = disrespectful of something considered sacred
- Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.†
Chpt 34-36
- Oh, oh,—Impiety and blasphemy to hunt him more!†
Chpt 133-135
Definitions:
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(1)
(blasphemy) something said or done that is disrespectful of something considered sacred -- especially God or religion
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)