Sc. Obs. [ad. L. blasphēmātiōn-em (in Tertullian), f. blasphēmāre.]
1. Insult, reviling, calumniation.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, II. (1822), 176. To the mair schame and blasphemacioun of Romane linage.
1538. Lyndesay, Papyngo, 881. Thay bostit hir, with blasphematioun.
a. 1560. Rolland, Crt. Venus, IV. 182. Caus Ladeis to get blasphematioun.
2. Blasphemy.
1549. Compl. Scot., xvii. 155. Ther blasphematione of the name of god corruptis the ayr.
1552. Abp. Hamilton, Catech., 284. It can nocht be said without blasphematioun.