sacrilegious
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/sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/
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/sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ · /sæk.ɹəˈlid͡ʒəs/
Definition of sacrilegious
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
“At one end of the room was spread a square carpet, and on it stood a table, on which were placed two most sacrilegious-looking wax-tapers: it is to be feared some poor sinner stayed longer in purgatory from the abduction of his offering.”
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Etymology
Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).
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