Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred.
- adj. Having committed sacrilege.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Guilty of or involving sacrilege; profane; impious: as, sacrilegious acts; sacrilegious hands.
- Synonyms See profanation.
Wiktionary
- adj. Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Etymologies
- From Latin sacer + legō ("steal something sacred"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The Pennys skipped the spellers' annual picnic Memorial Day to go into the capital, where Veronica met "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak and stumped him with the spelling of the word "sacrilegious.”
“They likewise sent forth secret agents to alarm the people by threats of the divine vengeance if they did not insist on the execution of Jesus, whom they termed a sacrilegious blasphemer.”
“Gallery protests Smithsonian's removal of video some call sacrilegious, anti-Christian”
“On one kiosk in the physical show a brief view of a crucifix covered with ants by Wojnarowicz was called sacrilegious by Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, and others, and the Portrait Gallery decided it was too much of a distraction to the overall themes of the show.”
“CNS contacted incoming House GOP leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor for their thoughts on the exhibit -- smelling culture war blood, Boehner and Cantor embraced the crusade against "sacrilegious" art in the Smithsonian.”
The Huffington Post: Michael B. Keegan: Smithsonian: Just Put the Art Back
“Sen. Jim DeMint R-S.C. called Democrats' push to force through an arms control treaty and an omnibus spending bill right before Christmas "sacrilegious," and warned he'd draw the process out to wage his objections.”
The Huffington Post: GOP Senators Invoke Christmas In Order To Pointlessly Obstruct The START Treaty
“But it also means Democrats aren't being any more "sacrilegious" than Republicans are.”
“If Senators like DeMint find working around Christmas "sacrilegious," they should stop obstructing the Senate's business so they can all go home.”
“But I will say this - although it has become 'sacrilegious' to speak in terms of black and white among some people, this is one of the times when it couldn't be clearer: The Israelis are the good guys and the members of Hamas are the bad guys.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“Wilson decision, the US Supreme Court overturned laws banning "sacrilegious" content in films.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sacrilegious’.
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@vcb.etym.prjct - SAT WORD DUMP - as ...
The words on this list SAT regulars that I haven't sorted and grouped yet. It's like my wordy holding pen. get it? holding the pen to write a word? HA! I love how lame my humor is.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
jackdaw, incongruous, cassock, vivid, magpie, humdrum, amongst, wonder, wandering, wheedling, wheedle, osseous and 368 more...
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jaydrox's list
Mah list!
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Hard to Spell
Not sure I'd be able to spell these words...
camaraderie, belligerent, strategem, hippopotomonstros..., epitome, accommodate, subtle, sacrilegious, ambivalent, wookiee, onomatopoeia, idiosyncrasy and 3 more...
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September Words-11337
During the month of September, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has...
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GRE Reference
A list of words unfamiliar to me that I have repeatedly encountered in GRE question sets.
parochial, clique, salacious, aegis, ostracize, conceited, sacrilegious, inane, serendipity, gourmand, polemic, tenuous and 138 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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billy shakespeare's guide to good living
hurlyburly, nave, direful, whence, sooth, dwindle, tempest-tost, withal, selfsame, wrack, unfix, recompense and 142 more...
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Nightbloom's List
adumbrate, beatific, blandiloquent, caliginous, champagne, anointed, chatoyant, chiaroscuro, diffuse, dulcet, ebullient, efflorescence and 94 more...
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ADW1
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acrimony, verisimilitude, tenebrious, tenebrous, dishabille, unfettered, deplorable, woebegone, credulity, naïveté, mitigate, meliorate and 475 more...
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GRE List
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Tweets
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Charnell mack The government will continue to block some Web pages that contain "sacrilegious material," but Malik declined to specify which ones.(online) Sep 27, 2010