sacrilege
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈsækrɪˌlɛdʒ/
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sacrilegio
- I assume you understand how the Church regards sacrilege such as yours.
- act of sacrilege
- site of sacrilege
That to me, even though I'm a resolute atheist, that to me would be sacrilege to misrepresent their memory.
- That to me, even though I'm a resolute atheist, that to me would be sacrilege to misrepresent their memory.
- Well, adultery is wrongdoing, murder is wrongdoing, and sacrilege is wrongdoing.
- Like it like they to joke about Elliott Page is sacrilege.
Examples
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ln an act of sacrilege, they plunder the king's mummified body.
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I told you it was dangerous, that it was a sacrilege.
Fiction book (1994) -
You cannot hide this sacrilege from me.
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I believe that it might be actual sacrilege to serve sweet tea that's not sweet.
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You're getting close to sacrilege.
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Where were the guards when these sacrileges were committed?
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The migration of Dan, as described in Judges 17 and 18, was accompanied by theft, sacrilege, broken promises, and violence.
Academic text (1992) -
Not only does George raze the trees, but he commits an act of unspeakable sacrilege.
Academic text (2002) -
In other cases, an act of sacrilege against the clan's totem was regarded as an insult to the clan itself.
Academic text (2000) -
Many considered his graffiti on the church wall an act of sacrilege.
Synonyms
48
8.4
An act that shows strong disrespect for God or for things a religion calls holy
21
8.9
An action that shows violent disrespect to a holy place or object
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9.4
An act of treating something sacred with disrespect
Antonyms
How Disrespectful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sacrilege comes from Latin parts sacer ('sacred') and legere ('to steal'), so it originally meant 'stealing from the sacred'. That's why today sacrilege means treating a holy place or object with disrespect.