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sacrilegious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sacrilegious \Sac`ri*le"gious\, a. [From sacrilege: cf L. sacrilegus.] Violating sacred things polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. --Pope. -- {Sac`ri*le"gious*ly}, adv -- {Sac`ri*le"gious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sacrilegious adj : grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: {blasphemous}, {profane}]
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