sacrilège — meaning in English
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English meaning
- profane adjective Showing disrespect for sacred or religious things.
- sacrilege noun A disrespectful or destructive act against something considered sacred.
- sacrilegious adj Showing gross disrespect toward something regarded as sacred.
Senses
sacrilège is used for these senses in English:
- profane Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
- sacrilege Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
- sacrilegious Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
profane — full definition
- adjective Showing disrespect for sacred or religious things.
- adjective Relating to ordinary, non-religious life rather than the sacred.
- verb To treat something sacred with disrespect; to desecrate.