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sacrilegious
" Nothing is so good that impious and sacrilegious and wicked people cannot contort its proper benefit into evil."
Giordano Bruno

Meaning of "sacrilegious" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SACRILEGIOUS

ˌsækrɪˈlɪdʒəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SACRILEGIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sacrilegious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SACRILEGIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sacrilege

Sacrilege is the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object or person. It can come in the form of irreverence to sacred persons, places, and things. When the sacrilegious offence is verbal, it is called blasphemy, and when physical, it is often called desecration. In a less proper sense, any transgression against what is seen as the virtue of religion would be a sacrilege. "Sacrilege" originates from the Latin sacer, sacred, and legere, to steal, as in Roman times it referred to the plundering of temples and graves. By the time of Cicero, sacrilege had adopted a more expansive meaning, including verbal offences against religion and undignified treatment of sacred objects. Most ancient religions have a concept analogous to sacrilege, often considered as a type of taboo. The basic idea is that sacred objects are not to be treated in the same way as other objects.

Definition of sacrilegious in the English dictionary

The definition of sacrilegious in the dictionary is of, relating to, or involving sacrilege; impious. Other definition of sacrilegious is guilty of sacrilege.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SACRILEGIOUS

advantageous · antireligious · contagious · courageous · disadvantageous · interreligious · irreligious · litigious · multireligious · nonreligious · oragious · outrageous · prestigious · prodigious · rampageous · religious · semireligious · socioreligious · umbrageous · unreligious

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SACRILEGIOUS

sacrifice operative · sacrifice paddock · sacrificeable · sacrificer · sacrificial · sacrificial anode · sacrificial lamb · sacrificial victim · sacrificially · sacrify · sacrilege · sacrilegiously · sacrilegiousness · sacrilegist · sacring · sacring bell · sacrist · sacristan · sacristies · sacristy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SACRILEGIOUS

ambagious · ambitious · circumambagious · conscious · curious · delicious · egregious · furious · glorious · hilarious · luxurious · mysterious · obvious · precious · previous · serious · spacious · spongious · suspicious · various

Synonyms and antonyms of sacrilegious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SACRILEGIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sacrilegious» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «sacrilegious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SACRILEGIOUS

Find out the translation of sacrilegious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sacrilegious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sacrilegious» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

亵渎
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sacrílego
570 millions of speakers
en

English

sacrilegious
510 millions of speakers
hi

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sacrilegious
380 millions of speakers
ar

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التدنيس
280 millions of speakers
ru

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кощунственно
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

sacrílego
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পবিত্র ব্যক্তির অসম্মানকারী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sacrilège
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kejam
190 millions of speakers
de

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gotteslästerlich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

神聖を汚す
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

신성 모독
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sacrilegious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phạm thánh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அவமதிப்பாகவும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पवित्र
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

günahkâr
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sacrilego
65 millions of speakers
pl

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świętokradztwo
50 millions of speakers
uk

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блюзнірськи
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

profanator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιερόσυλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heilig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sacrilegious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sacrilegious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sacrilegious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SACRILEGIOUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sacrilegious

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5 QUOTES WITH «SACRILEGIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sacrilegious.
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Marian Anderson
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.
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Giordano Bruno
Nothing is so good that impious and sacrilegious and wicked people cannot contort its proper benefit into evil.
3
Les Claypool
You can't watch 'Dr. Strangelove' with commercials. That would be sacrilegious.
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Jonathan Demme
I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie.
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Andres Serrano
I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SACRILEGIOUS»

Discover the use of sacrilegious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sacrilegious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sacrilegious
Pseudo-God Pseudo-Christianity Pseudo-religious Sacrilegious Watch your perspective change as you take on the Sacrilegious challenge in the midst of a pseudo-religious culture infused with ambiguity.
J. D. Fuller, III, 2013
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Burning Books
The U.S. Supreme Court, in ¡952, was faced with the constitutionality of a New York statute which permitted the banning of films on the ground that they were “ sacrilegious.” The film involved was the Italian movie The Miracle which the New  ...
Haig A. Bosmajian, 2006
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The Conclusion to the Whole Matter
And why would God answer any professing Christian man or woman's prayers that do sacrilegious things? And roast a pig at the house of God. And there's no excuses that can change the definition of sacrilegious. And it's sacrilegious to eat  ...
Paul Douglas Castle, 2014
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A Matter of Principle
It is open for a lawyer to argue, for example, that the extension of "sacrilegious," on this occasion of its use, must be confined to cases which at least a majority of those who voted for the statute had in mind, or would have wished to embrace if ...
Ronald Dworkin, 1985
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Words: A User's Guide
In a sense extended from this, sacrilegious means treating something without respect: There is something vaguely sacrilegious about disturbing the wildlife in the woods at night. Note that although irreligious and nonreligious are related to the ...
Graham Pointon, Stewart Clark, 2014
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The History of the New York Court of Appeals: 1932-2003
Judge Desmond, in his separate concurring opinion affirming the Board's decision, agreed that the Board had the authoritv to revoke a license, that " sacrilegious" was a sufficiently definite standard, and that it was not unreasonable to conclude ...
Bernard S. Meyer, Burton C. Agata, Seth H. Agata, 2013
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On Benefits
Bion is able to prove by argument at one time that everyone is sacrilegious, at another that no one is. When he is in a mood for casting all men down the Tarpeian rock, he says, "Whosoever touches that which belongs to the gods, and  ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 2009
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Dignity and Duties of the Priest Or Selva
St Alphonsus Liguori. If the sacrilegious priest will not abstain from celebrating the divine mysteries in the state of sin, through horror of the insult, or rather of so many insults, offered to God by sacrilegious Masses, he ought at least to tremble at ...
St Alphonsus Liguori, 2009
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
SACRILEGIOUS, adj. [sacrilegus, Lat. from sacrilege.} Violating things sacred ; polluted with the crime of sacrilege. — To sacrilegious perjury should I be betrayed, I should account it greater misery. King diaries. — By vile hands to common ...
‎1816
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Miracles and Sacrilege: Robert Rossellini, the Church, and ...
screenings by New York censors, Masterson of the Legion of Decency asked Hugh M. Flick, the new director of the Motion Picture Division, to view The Miracle once again, to decide whether it was 'sacrilegious' and thus censorable under ...
William Bruce Johnson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SACRILEGIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sacrilegious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Seth Rogen's The Night Before Trailer Is Sacrilegious And Hilarious
People love classic Christmas movies like Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, and A Christmas Carol, but there's also room for awesome nontraditional ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
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Buhari's Failure To Appoint SGF, Chief Of Staff “Sacrilegious
PMB The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman in Ondo State, Mr. Clement Faboyede, on Friday described President Muhammadu Buhari's failure to appoint a ... «Information Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Sacrilegious Binding of Isaac: Rebirth finally launches on Nintendo …
This phony edit to The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth isn't actually in the Wii U or New 3DS versions of the game, but we kinda like the idea of the religiously charged ... «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
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'Family Guy' Actor Patrick Warburton Has No Problem Turning Off …
"We turn it off in our house every now and then, too, when it gets just too sacrilegious.” Watch the full HuffPost Live conversation with "Ted 2" actor Patrick ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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'Seinfeld' Actor Patrick Warburton Goes After 'Rolling Stone', 'Family …
We turn it off in our house too every now and then when it gets just too sacrilegious.” Warburton also went after Rolling Stone for its cover selections over the ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
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West New York commissioner candidate Leung reacts to racist …
West New York commissioner candidate Thomas Leung spoke with Hudson County View regarding a flyer that uses racist, sacrilegious, imagery to mock Leung ... «Hudson County View, Apr 15»
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Abortion Activists Create Sacrilegious Easter Eggs to Support …
Abortion Activists Create Sacrilegious Easter Eggs to Support Planned Parenthood. State. Carole Novielli Apr 6, 2015 | 12:29PM Glen falls, NY. Total: 0. «LifeNews.com, Apr 15»
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The Book of Mormon, now touring Alberta, is a sacrilegious experience
Trey Parker and Matt Stone threw political correctness to the wind (and then some) and scored a huge hairy TV success with South Park. Their Broadway ... «The Globe and Mail, Mar 15»
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Sacrilegious Communion: Pope Francis Won't Get Any More Clear …
Fr. Z links to a video from the Pope's recent homily. In it Pope Francis laments couples who want to return to the Church and go to Mass but , due to their ... «Pewsitter, Mar 15»
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Sacrilegious moment on 'House of Cards' has viewers doing a spit …
... when he tries to wipe away his spittle. Jesus Fall. Image: Netflix. How embarrassing. The sacrilegious moment had many viewers doing a spit-take on Twitter. «Mashable, Feb 15»
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