sacrilegious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

/sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sacrilegious.wav /sæk.ɹəˈlid͡ʒəs/

sacrilegious more sacrilegious most sacrilegious

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

sacrilege

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