sacrilegiously love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a sacrilegious manner; with sacrilege.

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  • adverb In a sacrilegious manner; done without proper respect.

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  • adverb in a sacrilegious manner

Etymologies

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sacrilegious +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But seeking out the numerical arrangement according to the cycles of the sun, moon, the planets, and the fixed stars, as well as the changes of the yearly seasons and the overall connection of the things of heaven with what happens on earth, they supposed that the world itself was a god, sacrilegiously making out that which is created to be like the One who had created it.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • But seeking out the numerical arrangement according to the cycles of the sun, moon, the planets, and the fixed stars, as well as the changes of the yearly seasons and the overall connection of the things of heaven with what happens on earth, they supposed that the world itself was a god, sacrilegiously making out that which is created to be like the One who had created it.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • But seeking out the numerical arrangement according to the cycles of the sun, moon, the planets, and the fixed stars, as well as the changes of the yearly seasons and the overall connection of the things of heaven with what happens on earth, they supposed that the world itself was a god, sacrilegiously making out that which is created to be like the One who had created it.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • But seeking out the numerical arrangement according to the cycles of the sun, moon, the planets, and the fixed stars, as well as the changes of the yearly seasons and the overall connection of the things of heaven with what happens on earth, they supposed that the world itself was a god, sacrilegiously making out that which is created to be like the One who had created it.

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Westminster Abbey was sacrilegiously confiscated by the English monarchy who still maintains ownership as head of the church of England and conduct sacrilege in this Abbey Church that was consecrated for Catholic worship.

    Westminster Abbey pavement 2009

  • The body of the church, broken as it was, and hung round with the armorial trophies of the last Lords of Douglas, furnished rather the appearance of a sacrilegiously desecrated ruin, than the inside of a holy place; yet some care appeared to have been taken to prepare it for the service of the day.

    Castle Dangerous 2008

  • What has caused anger is that she has not only used the name “prosecco”, which Italians regard as their copyright, but also — sacrilegiously — put the drink in a can and mixed it with fruit juice.

    Wine, women and song Helen 2008

  • The magnificent Cathedral of Notre Dame became the Temple of Reason, a woman of evil life being sacrilegiously enthroned upon the principal altar amid an orgy of blasphemy.

    Archive 2007-08-19 de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • The magnificent Cathedral of Notre Dame became the Temple of Reason, a woman of evil life being sacrilegiously enthroned upon the principal altar amid an orgy of blasphemy.

    Short essay on the French Revolution de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • Their name is sacrilegiously borrowed from those "ready in a minute men" that go back in our history to the mid-1600s and were trained to be first on the scene to defend us in a conflict.

    WAR ON IMMIGRANTS 2006

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