| Pronunciation: | `sakru'lijus | ||
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| Matching Terms: | sacrilegiously, sacrilegiousness | ||
 WordNet Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | [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" | ||
| Synonyms: | blasphemous, irreverent, profane | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| 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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