Would it be sacrilegious to make a chair from a bier?
Source: tatoeba (10522486)
Sacrilegious
//sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs//
Synonyms for "sacrilegious" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
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1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 16 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- sacrílegu adj (committing sacrilege)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кощунствен adj (committing sacrilege)
- светотатствен adj (committing sacrilege)
Catalan
1 entries- sacríleg adj (committing sacrilege)
Esperanto
1 entries- malpia adj (committing sacrilege)
French
1 entries- sacrilège adj (committing sacrilege)
Galician
1 entries- sacrílego adj (committing sacrilege)
German
1 entries- gotteslästerlich adj (committing sacrilege)
Hungarian
1 entries- szentségtörő adj (committing sacrilege)
Italian
1 entries- sacrilego adj (committing sacrilege)
Latin
1 entries- sacrilegus adj (committing sacrilege)
Occitan
1 entries- sacrilèg adj (committing sacrilege)
Polish
3 entries- bluźnierczy adj (committing sacrilege)
- świętokradczy adj (committing sacrilege)
- świętokradzki adj (committing sacrilege)
Portuguese
1 entries- sacrílego adj (committing sacrilege)
Russian
4 entries- богоху́льный adj (committing sacrilege)
- богоху́льственный adj (committing sacrilege)
- кощу́нственный adj (committing sacrilege)
- святота́тственный adj (committing sacrilege)
Spanish
1 entries- sacrílego adj (committing sacrilege)
Swedish
1 entries- vanhelgande adj (committing sacrilege)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: tatoeba (12063794)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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