sacrilege

Noun

Meaning

The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

blasphemy desecration profanation heresy badness crime abuse sin offense violation contamination curse atheism immorality wickedness
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Antonyms

christianity creed godliness religion respect belief
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Hypernyms

violation irreverence

Phrases with the word

commit sacrilege religious sacrilege holy sacrilege

Anagrams

Gilcrease

Examples

desecration of the Holy Sabbath Source: Internet

A cardinal's secretary wrote: "In this painting there are but vulgarity, sacrilege, impiousness and disgust. Source: Internet

Ajax's actions were a sacrilege because Cassandra was a supplicant of Athena and supplicants were untouchable in the sanctuary of a god, under the protection of that god. Source: Internet

Although Orestes’ actions were what Apollo had commanded him to do, Orestes has still committed matricide, a grave sacrilege. Source: Internet

Dhindsa further said that there should be a fresh probe in the sacrilege and Behbal Kalan firing incidents by a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court or the Supreme Court. Source: Internet

Swapping soy sauce for special sauce feels like I’m committing some sort of sacrilege and fans of the Japanese fish dish will probably hate me – but weirdly it works. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sacrifier sacrify sacriledge sacrileger sacrilegious sacrilegiously