ignominy

ignominy – noun – deep personal humiliation and disgrace

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“Let the holy sepulchre of the Lord our Saviour, which is possessed by unclean nations, especially incite you, and the holy places which are now treated with ignominy and irreverently polluted with their filthiness.” (Pope Urban II , Speech to the Council of Clermont)

I read this in a speech by pope urban II, in which he was inspiring the Franks to go to on the crusades. I was confused what ignominy mean. I knew it had a negative connotation because of the context, but I had no idea that it meant a more severe form of humiliation.

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