sacrilege (noun)

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• sacrilege — ► NOUN ▪ violation or misuse of something regarded as sacred or as having great value. DERIVATIVES sacrilegious adjective. ORIGIN Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus stealer of sacred things …   English terms dictionary

• sacrilege — noun (C, U) 1 the act of treating something holy in a way that does not show respect 2 spoken the act of treating something badly when someone else thinks it is very important: You recorded over his Jimi Hendrix tapes? That s sacrilege!… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sacrilege — noun any form of gambling on the church grounds, including bingo and raffles, would be sacrilege Syn: desecration, profanity, blasphemy, impiety, irreligion, unholiness, irreverence, disrespect, profanation Ant: piety …   Thesaurus of popular words

• sacrilege — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus one who robs sacred property, from sacr , sacer + legere to gather, steal more at legend Date: 14th century 1. a technical and not necessarily… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sacrilege — noun desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred …   Wiktionary

• sacrilege — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. desecration, profanation, blasphemy, impiety, irreverence, disrespect; defilement; sin, trespass, transgression; vandalism. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. profanation, desecration, blasphemy, impiety, curse …   English dictionary for students

• sacrilege — sac|ri|lege [ sækrəlıdʒ ] noun uncount 1. ) behavior that does not show respect for a holy place, object, or idea 2. ) behavior that does not show respect for something most people admire …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sacrilege — [ sakrɪlɪdʒ] noun violation or misuse of something regarded as sacred or as having great value. Derivatives sacrilegious adjective sacrilegiously adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from L. sacrilegium, from sacrilegus stealer of sacred things , from… …   English new terms dictionary

• sacrilege — UK [ˈsækrəlɪdʒ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) behaviour that does not show respect for a holy place, object, or idea 2) behaviour that does not show respect for something that most people admire …   English dictionary

• sacrilege — [ˈsækrəlɪdʒ] noun [U] behaviour that shows that someone has no respect for something holy or important sacrilegious [ˌsækrəˈlɪdʒəs] adj …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• sacrilege — /ˈsækrəlɪdʒ / (say sakruhlij) noun 1. the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred. 2. an instance of this. 3. the stealing of anything consecrated to the service of God. {Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrilegium} …