Sacrilegious
//sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs//
"Sacrilegious" in a Sentence (3 examples)
Would it be sacrilegious to make a chair from a bier?
The Phocians having ploughed up some consecrated ground belonging to the temple of Apollo, the Amphyctionic council, according to the superstition of the age, imposed a fine on the sacrilegious offenders.
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.
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