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 Definitions of sacrilegious  [ˌsæk rəˈlɪdʒ əs, -ˈli dʒəs]  

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Definition of 'sacrilegious' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) sacrilegious
involving sacrilege.

2.  sacrilegious
guilty of sacrilege.

Etymology:  (1400–50)

Definition of 'sacrilegious' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious
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"


Definition of 'sacrilegious' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) sacrilegious
violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious


Translation of 'sacrilegious' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the act of using a holy thing or place in a wicked way
Robbing a church is considered (a) sacrilege.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skendig Arabic flag Arabic: تَدْنيسي، مُدَنِّس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: светотатствен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sacrílego Czech flag Czech: svatokrádežný German flag German: entweihend
Danish flag Danish: vanhellig Greek flag Greek: ιερόσυλος, βέβηλος Spanish flag Spanish: sacrílego
Estonian flag Estonian: rüvetav Farsi flag Farsi: موهن به مقدسات Finnish flag Finnish: rienaava
French flag French: sacrilège Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁל חִילוּל הַקוֹדֵש Hindi flag Hindi: धर्म विरोधी
Croatian flag Croatian: svetogrdan, bogohulan Hungarian flag Hungarian: szentségtörő Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghujat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: helgispjalla- Italian flag Italian: sacrilego Japanese flag Japanese: 神聖さを汚す
Korean flag Korean: 신성을 더럽히는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šventvagiškas Latvian flag Latvian: zaimojošs
Malay flag Malay: suka mencabul Dutch flag Dutch: heiligschennend Norwegian flag Norwegian: ugudelig, vanhellig
Polish flag Polish: świętokradczy Persian flag Persian: موهن به مقدسات Pashto flag Pashto: بې حرمته (مذهب ته)، دمذهب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sacrílego Romanian flag Romanian: profanator Russian flag Russian: святотатственный, кощунст
Slovak flag Slovak: svätokrádežný Slovenian flag Slovenian: svetoskrunski Serbian flag Serbian: svetogrdan
Swedish flag Swedish: vanhelgande, skändlig Thai flag Thai: ที่ลบหลู่สถานที่หรือสิ่งศ Turkish flag Turkish: saygısız
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 褻瀆神明的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: блюзнірський Urdu flag Urdu: غیر مقدس
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phạm thượng Chinese flag Chinese: 渎圣的

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