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sacrilegious

adjective

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Pronunciation: /sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ / /sæk.ɹəˈlid͡ʒəs/

adj

Etymology: Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).

  1. 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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