contumely

The careless and ungodly emboldened by the position of religious teachers, resorted to opprobrious epithets, to base and blasphemous witticisms, in their efforts to heap contumely upon him and his work.
Enhardis par l'attitude des conducteurs religieux, les indifférents et les impies recouraient à des épithètes injurieuses et à de vulgaires quolibets pour attirer le mépris sur sa personne et sur son oeuvre.
The careless and ungodly emboldened by the position of religious teachers, resorted to opprobrious epithets, to base and blasphemous witticisms, in their efforts to heap contumely upon him and his work.
Enhardis par l’attitude des conducteurs religieux, les indifférents et les impies recouraient à des épithètes injurieuses et à de vulgaires quolibets pour attirer le mépris sur sa personne et sur son oeuvre.
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