1. The uttering of blasphemy: profane speaking.
c. 1430. Life St. Kath. (1884), 30. Þe blasfemynge whiche she spake aȝenst his goddes.
1514. Barclay, Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (1847), 26. There is blaspheming of Gods holy name.
1648. Jenkyn, Blind Guide, iv. 105. Take heed … of blaspheming.
† 2. Railing, calumniation. Obs.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. III. 18. Blasphemings of each others reputation.
