Would it be sacrilegious to make a chair from a bier?
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Sacrilegious
/sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/
Synonyms for "sacrilegious" (80 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
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Noun(1 words)
deviantdisgracefuldisrespectfulevilfallenfallen from gracegnominiousgodlesshardly the thinghereticalignominiousillegalimpiousimproperinappropriateincorrectindecorousinfamousirreligiousirreverent
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Adjective(2 words)
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not donenot the thingoff baseoff coloroff-baseoff-colorout of lineout-of-lineprofanatoryprofanerecidivistrecidivisticrecreantrenegadescandalousshamefulshamelesssinfulterribleundue
Noun(2 words)
profane artprofaning
Adjective(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
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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.
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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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