Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sacrilegious person; one who is guilty of sacrilege.

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Examples

  • The drive to to challenge, to confront, may be voiced as an opposition to the whole religion (or the whole nation), Catholicism (or South Africa) such that the sacrileger is basically saying, let's tear this whole shit-house down and start again.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • It doesn't matter if the sacrileger is in here in the market or out there in the desert, a rebel or a deserter, a heretic or an apostate, they're still a prophet crying out against the wicked priests.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • It doesn't matter if the sacrileger is in here in the market or out there in the desert, a rebel or a deserter, a heretic or an apostate, they're still a prophet crying out against the wicked priests.

    The Power and the Piss Hal Duncan 2006

  • The drive to to challenge, to confront, may be voiced as an opposition to the whole religion (or the whole nation), Catholicism (or South Africa) such that the sacrileger is basically saying, let's tear this whole shit-house down and start again.

    The Power and the Piss Hal Duncan 2006

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