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Webster 1913 Edition
Abomination
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
. Shakespeare
3.
A cause of pollution or wickedness.
Syn. – Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness.
Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abomination
ABOMINA'TION
,Noun.
1.
Extreme hatred; detestation.2.
The object of detestation, a common signification in scripture.The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. Prov.xv.
3.
Hence, defilement, pollution, in a physical sense, or evil doctrines and practices, which are moral defilements, idols and idolatry, are called abominations. The Jews were an abomination to the Egyptians; and the sacred animals of the Egyptians were an abomination to the Jews. The Roman army is called the abomination of desolation. Mat. 24:13. In short, whatever is an object of extreme hatred, is called an abomination.