Sacrilegious
/sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Adjective
- 1 grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred wordnet
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More examples"Would it be sacrilegious to make a chair from a bier?"
Etymology
Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).