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Abomination Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abomination
(n.)
The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
(n.)
That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
(n.)
A cause of pollution or wickedness.
(n.)
The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
(n.)
That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
(n.)
A cause of pollution or wickedness.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abomination
Noun
1. a person who is loathsome or disgusting
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(derivation) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate
2. hate coupled with disgust
(synonym) abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium
(hypernym) hate, hatred
(derivation) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate
3. an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"
(hypernym) transgression, evildoing
(derivation) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate
Noun
1. a person who is loathsome or disgusting
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(derivation) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate
2. hate coupled with disgust
(synonym) abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium
(hypernym) hate, hatred
(derivation) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate
3. an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"
(hypernym) transgression, evildoing
(derivation) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate
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abomination
abomination
\a*bom`i*na"tion\ (&?;), n. [oe. abominacioun, -cion, f. abominatio. see abominate.]
1. the feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
2. that which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. antony, most large in his abominations.
3. a cause of pollution or wickedness.
abomination
\a*bom`i*na"tion\ (&?;), n. [oe. abominacioun, -cion, f. abominatio. see abominate.]
1. the feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
2. that which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. antony, most large in his abominations.
3. a cause of pollution or wickedness.
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abomination
A very detestable act or practice.
A very detestable act or practice.
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Ffieidd-dra
Ffieidd-dra = n. abomination, disgust
Ffieidd-dra = n. abomination, disgust
Abomination Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Abomination
This word is used, (1.) To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers (Gen. 43:32). The Jews subsequently followed the same practice, holding it unlawful to eat or drink with foreigners (John 18:28; Acts 10:28; 11:3). (2.) Every shepherd was "an abomination" unto the Egyptians (Gen. 46:34). This aversion to shepherds, such as the Hebrews, arose probably from the fact that Lower and Middle Egypt had formerly been held in oppressive subjection by a tribe of nomad shepherds (the Hyksos), who had only recently been expelled, and partly also perhaps from this other fact that the Egyptians detested the lawless habits of these wandering shepherds. (3.) Pharaoh was so moved by the fourth plague, that while he refused the demand of Moses, he offered a compromise, granting to the Israelites permission to hold their festival and offer their sacrifices in Egypt. This permission could not be accepted, because Moses said they would have to sacrifice "the abomination of the Egyptians" (Ex. 8:26); i.e., the cow or ox, which all the Egyptians held as sacred, and which they regarded it as sacrilegious to kill. (4.) Daniel (11:31), in that section of his prophecies which is generally interpreted as referring to the fearful calamities that were to fall on the Jews in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, says, "And they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." Antiochus Epiphanes caused an altar to be erected on the altar of burnt-offering, on which sacrifices were offered to Jupiter Olympus. (Comp. 1 Macc. 1:57). This was the abomination of the desolation of Jerusalem. The same language is employed in Dan. 9:27 (comp. Matt. 24:15), where the reference is probably to the image-crowned standards which the Romans set up at the east gate of the temple (A.D. 70), and to which they paid idolatrous honours. "Almost the entire religion of the Roman camp consisted in worshipping the ensign, swearing by the ensign, and in preferring the ensign before all other gods." These ensigns were an "abomination" to the Jews, the "abomination of desolation." This word is also used symbolically of sin in general (Isa. 66:3); an idol (44:19); the ceremonies of the apostate Church of Rome (Rev. 17:4); a detestable act (Ezek. 22:11).
This word is used, (1.) To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers (Gen. 43:32). The Jews subsequently followed the same practice, holding it unlawful to eat or drink with foreigners (John 18:28; Acts 10:28; 11:3). (2.) Every shepherd was "an abomination" unto the Egyptians (Gen. 46:34). This aversion to shepherds, such as the Hebrews, arose probably from the fact that Lower and Middle Egypt had formerly been held in oppressive subjection by a tribe of nomad shepherds (the Hyksos), who had only recently been expelled, and partly also perhaps from this other fact that the Egyptians detested the lawless habits of these wandering shepherds. (3.) Pharaoh was so moved by the fourth plague, that while he refused the demand of Moses, he offered a compromise, granting to the Israelites permission to hold their festival and offer their sacrifices in Egypt. This permission could not be accepted, because Moses said they would have to sacrifice "the abomination of the Egyptians" (Ex. 8:26); i.e., the cow or ox, which all the Egyptians held as sacred, and which they regarded it as sacrilegious to kill. (4.) Daniel (11:31), in that section of his prophecies which is generally interpreted as referring to the fearful calamities that were to fall on the Jews in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, says, "And they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." Antiochus Epiphanes caused an altar to be erected on the altar of burnt-offering, on which sacrifices were offered to Jupiter Olympus. (Comp. 1 Macc. 1:57). This was the abomination of the desolation of Jerusalem. The same language is employed in Dan. 9:27 (comp. Matt. 24:15), where the reference is probably to the image-crowned standards which the Romans set up at the east gate of the temple (A.D. 70), and to which they paid idolatrous honours. "Almost the entire religion of the Roman camp consisted in worshipping the ensign, swearing by the ensign, and in preferring the ensign before all other gods." These ensigns were an "abomination" to the Jews, the "abomination of desolation." This word is also used symbolically of sin in general (Isa. 66:3); an idol (44:19); the ceremonies of the apostate Church of Rome (Rev. 17:4); a detestable act (Ezek. 22:11).
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Gaal
contempt; abomination
contempt; abomination
Abomination Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Abomination
Abomination may refer to:
- Abomination (Bible), covering Biblical references
- Abomination (Dune), from Frank Herbert's Dune series, a fetus who has become conscious before birth
- Abomination (Dungeons & Dragons), the offspring of deities and some other being in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
- Abomination (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
- , a real time strategy computer game
- The Abomination, a novel by Paul Golding
- Visser Three, the only Yeerk to infest an Andalite in the fictional Animorphs book series
- A werewolf who has also become a vampire in the series of role-playing games set in the World of Darkness
- Genetically modified demons from the role-playing game Feng Shui
- Heavy melee units from the undead race in the computer real time strategy game Warcraft III
- "Abominations unto Nuggan", a reference from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
- Abomination-A novel by Robert Swindells
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