| Pronunciation: | | `sakru'lijus
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[adj] 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" |
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SACRILEGIOUS is a 12 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | blasphemous, irreverent, profane |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sac`ri*le"gious\, a. [From sacrilege: cf. L.
sacrilegus.]
Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving
sacrilege; profane; impious.
Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. --Pope.
-- {Sac`ri*le"gious*ly}, adv. -- {Sac`ri*le"gious*ness}, n.
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