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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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