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sacrilegious

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sac·ri·le·gious  (skr-ljs, -ljs)
adj.
1. Grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred.
2. Having committed sacrilege.
sacri·legious·ly adv.
sacri·legious·ness n.
Usage Note: Sacrilegious, the adjective form of sacrilege, is often misspelled through confusion with religious.
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Adj.1.sacrilegious - 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"
blasphemous, profane
irreverent - showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"


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As a further provision for the efficacy of the federal powers, they took an oath mutually to defend and protect the united cities, to punish the violators of this oath, and to inflict vengeance on sacrilegious despoilers of the temple.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
The knife was quite near to Tarzan's breast now, but it halted for an instant as the high priestess raised her eyes to shoot her swift displeasure at the instigator of this sacrilegious interruption.
The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The sacrilegious hands of the British soldiers had torn it down, and kindled their barrack fires with the fragments.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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