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sacrilegious - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sacrilegious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sacrilegious [ a.]
- Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.

Meaning of 'sacrilegious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sacrilegious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Example in sentence:
  • blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath;
  • it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on;
  • profane utterances against the Church

Nearby Words:

sac sacalait sacar saccade saccate saccharate saccharic sacchariferous saccharified saccharify

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