desecraters
Those who defile
Desecraters are people who violate something sacred or treat it with contempt.
The word applies to those who damage religious sites, defile graves, or profane holy objects: The desecraters had spray-painted obscenities on the church walls.
It extends to anyone who ruins something held in high regard: desecraters of the national parks.
Those reviling the divine
- templeSacred worship structure
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- altarSacred ritual table
- holyDedicated to the divine
shrine · sanctuary · tabernacle · mosque · synagogue · cathedral · chapel · graveyard
Willful property destroyers
- grave robbersThose who excavate interments illegally
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
cenotaph · war memorial · statue · plaque · wreath · cemetery · mausoleum · crypt
Those who steal during chaos
- pillagersThose who ransack
- plunderersThose who steal violently
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
indigenous · burial grounds · petroglyphs · totems · relics · antiquities · colonial · conquistadors
blasphemers
Those reviling the divine
holy · shrine · sanctuary · tabernacle · mosque · synagogue · cathedral · chapel · graveyard · cemetery
vandals
Willful property destroyers
- grave robbersThose who excavate interments illegally
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
memorial · cenotaph · war memorial · statue · plaque · wreath · cemetery · mausoleum · crypt · ossuary
looters
Those who steal during chaos
- pillagersThose who ransack
- plunderersThose who steal violently
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
heritage · indigenous · burial grounds · petroglyphs · totems · relics · antiquities · colonial · conquistadors · excavators
desecratersprotectors
Those who guard others
guardians · preservers · sanctifiers · defenders · keepers
desecraterspriests
Ordained religious leaders
clergy · holy men · saints · devotees · worshippers
desecraterspriests
Ordained religious leaders
priestesses · clergy · custodians · sacristans · holy men