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UK
/sˌækɹɪlˈɪdʒəs/
]
[ US /ˌsækɹəˈɫɛdʒɪs/ ]
[ US /ˌsækɹəˈɫɛdʒɪs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
profane utterances against the Church
it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
How To Use sacrilegious In A Sentence
- 'Friend,' whispered he, 'for charity conduct us to some safe place where we may withdraw this bier from the sacrilegious eye of curiosity.' The Scottish Chiefs
- Catholic Church over which Cæcilianus presides, who give their services to this holy religion, and who are commonly called clergymen, be entirely exempted from all public duties, that by any error or sacrilegious negligence they may not be drawn away from the service due to the Deity, but may devote themselves without any hindrance to their own law. A Source Book for Ancient Church History
- It was at once the most sacrilegious and yet mystic moment many of them had ever experienced.
- He meant, I imagined, that they were sacrilegious infidels.
- Leading clerics condemned the book as a sacrilegious attack on their faith.
- Ragnar Redbeard, on the other hand, is another kind of egoist entirely, a Fascist, misogynistic, and sacrilegious bore who desires to impress that he Knows All, and anyone daring to disagree with his interpretation of Man is but mere dirt beneath his steel-toed boots. Essays
- Everything I do seems meaningless, sacrilegious, profane.
- Making fun of such sacrilegious music would have been deemed a profanity, but then Spinal Tap changed all that - thank God.
- In any World Cup, any stadium that is anything less than full to the brim is a bit sacrilegious to viewers like me who would give a pinkie to be there. Ahmed Rehab: What the Vuvuzela Is Up With the Jabulani? Why World Cup 2010 Sucks So Far
- He was ultimately caught and properly reprimanded when a copious flow of blood signaled the sacrilegious act.