Sacrilege
['sækrɪlɪdʒ] or ['sækrəlɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Profanation, desecration.
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Definition
n. profanation of a sacred place or thing: the breaking into a place of worship and stealing therefrom.—n. Sac′rileger (obs.).—adj. Sacrilē′gious polluted with sacrilege: profane: violating sacred things.—adv. Sacrilē′giously.—ns. Sacrilē′giousness; Sac′rilēgist one guilty of sacrilege.
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Examples
- On the other hand, the majority of the populace unquestionably would demand that we pay the penalty of our sacrilege. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- England, confused and conscience-stricken at her own sacrilege, stood isolated before the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was sacrilege--the intrusion of a man into that spot, at that hourbut he knew himself privileged, and perhaps he trusted to the friendly night. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Will the just man or citizen ever be guilty of sacrilege or theft, or treachery either to his friends or to his country? Plato. The Republic.
- It is sacrilege even to dream of breaking her commands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is a sacrilege, a crime, a villainy to hold that such a marriage is binding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Wanda