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Definition: To take the name of God in vain
Vain
\Vain\, n.
Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
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For vain. See
In vain. [Obs.] --Shak.
In vain, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually.
“
In vain doth valor bleed.” --Milton.
“ In vain they do
worship me.” --Matt. xv. 9.
To take the name of God in vain, to use the name of God
with levity or profaneness.
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