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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sak-ruh-lij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ

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Définition of sacrilege

Origin :
  • c.1300, "crime of stealing what is consecrated to God," from Old French sacrilege (12c.), from Latin sacrilegium "temple robbery, a stealing of sacred things," from sacrilegus "stealer of sacred things," noun use of adjective, from phrase sacrum legere "to steal sacred things," from sacrum "sacred object" (from neuter singular of sacer "sacred;" see sacred) + legere "take, pick up" (see lecture (n.)). Second element is not from religion. Transferred sense of "profanation of anything held sacred" is attested from late 14c.
  • noun irreverence
Example sentences :
  • It was sacrilege to think of changing such old, venerable things.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • They could not, above all, endure this immensity of perjury and sacrilege.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • We have treated of sacrilege, and of conspiracy, and of treason.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • His horror at the sacrilege was so ludicrous that Kendrick laughed aloud.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Look at our sacraments—are they a lie, or are they a sacrilege?
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • And there was reason for their haste other than their anxiety to set a term to the sacrilege of their presence.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It was unconsecrated, and there could be no sacrilege in using it.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Shall we believe the oath of an unbeliever attainted of sacrilege?
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • If that does not entail simony and sacrilege, then such things do not exist at all.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • “It would be sacrilege to move the dead,” Chebron said with a shudder.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

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