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desecration

act of depriving something of its sacred character
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desecration

Summary

desecration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (474 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • desecration is a type of sacrilege[2].
  • desecration is a type of change[3].
  • desecration is a type of reuse[4].
  • desecration's Commons category is recorded as Desecration[5].
  • desecration's criterion used is recorded as use of land or building[6].
  • desecration's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • desecration's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[8].
  • desecration's different from is recorded as Profanation[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include sacrilege[2], change[3], and reuse[4].

Why It Matters

desecration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (474 views/month).[1] desecration has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] desecration is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295612
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295612, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  2. 6d ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5110
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
    Different from → Profanation
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 5110, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477612|DESECRATION (#167477612)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #"
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