Definition of sacrilege

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sacrilegious >

sac·ri·lege    (skr-lj) KEY  

NOUN:

Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus, one who steals sacred things : sacer, sacred ; see sacred + legere, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
sacri·legist   (skr-ljst) KEY  (Noun)

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