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sacrilegious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blasphemous, profane |
| Derivation | sacrilege, sacrilegiousness |
it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on.
Examples of sacrilegious
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Many years ago in a Gaza refugee camp, I knew a man who was highly sacrilegious.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Stealing one, contrary to what you might expect, is anything but sacrilegious.
From the independent.co.uk
Sacrilegious as it seems, it's the Mantle comparison that surfaces most often.
From the sfgate.com
It's sacrilegious to think that another flick about the sport could match it.
From the newsday.com
The scene angered some in Congress and a Catholic group that called it sacrilegious.
From the thenewstribune.com
Don't go thinking it's sacrilegious, because when it works, it really works.
From the sacbee.com
The question is almost sacrilegious, but it shows the possibility of a rift.
From the washingtonpost.com
At once the master felt that it was sacrilegious to keep such a wali in his service.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Those who stand behind the Steelers still consider the stomps sacrilegious.
From the tennessean.com
- Blasphemous: 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"
- (sacrilegiously) in a sacrilegious manner
- Sacrilege is the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object. In a less proper sense, any transgression against the virtue of religion would be a sacrilege. It can come in the form of irreverence to sacred persons, places, and things. ...
- Showing disrespect towards or misuse of something sacred, irreverent
