What does sacrilegious mean?

Definitions for sacrilegious
ˌsæk rəˈlɪdʒ əs, -ˈli dʒəssac·ri·le·gious

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blasphemous, profane, sacrilegiousadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. sacrilegiousadjective

    Committing sacrilege.

  2. sacrilegiousadjective

    Acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

  3. Etymology: sacer + lego.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sacrilegiousadjective

    Violating things sacred; polluted with the crime of sacrilege.

    Etymology: sacrilegus, Lat. from sacrilege.

    To sacrilegious perjury should I be betrayed, I should account it greater misery. Charles I .

    By vile hands to common use debas’d,
    With sacrilegious taunt, and impious jest. Matthew Prior.

    Still green with bays each ancient altar stands,
    Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. Alexander Pope.

    Blasphemy is a malediction, and a sacrilegious detraction from the Godhead. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

Wikipedia

  1. sacrilegious

    Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a "sacred artifact" that is venerated and blessed), or places ("sacred ground"). French sociologist Émile Durkheim considered the dichotomy between the sacred and the profane to be the central characteristic of religion: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden.": 47  In Durkheim's theory, the sacred represents the interests of the group, especially unity, which are embodied in sacred group symbols, or using team work to help get out of trouble. The profane, on the other hand, involve mundane individual concerns.

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  1. sacrilegious

    Sacrilegious refers to the violation, disrespect, or inappropriate treatment of something that is considered sacred or holy. This often involves religious figures, rituals, spaces, or objects, but can also apply to anything that is deeply respected or revered.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sacrilegiousadjective

    violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious

  2. Etymology: [From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sacrilegious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sacrilegious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sacrilegious in a Sentence

  1. David Pierpoint:

    The actions of these people are devastating and sacrilegious. We are upset at the amount of damage that has been caused, i would appeal to anyone with information to contact the Gardaí( Irish police).

  2. Steve Shaw:

    It’s very gratuitous, and although I’m not religious, I can see why some would see it as sacrilegious, it could have been done in a different way.

  3. John Milton:

    ... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission.

  4. Dan Gainor:

    By using the word ‘Advent,’ the magazine turned its sleazy, soft-core modeling segments into a controversy, of course it’s sacrilegious. That was the intention.

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