Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Committing sacrilege or characterized by sacrilege.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Guilty of or involving sacrilege; profane; impious: as, sacrilegious acts; sacrilegious hands.
- Synonyms See
profanation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Committing
sacrilege ; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to besacred .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
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Examples
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The Pennys skipped the spellers' annual picnic Memorial Day to go into the capital, where Veronica met "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak and stumped him with the spelling of the word "sacrilegious."
The Seattle Times 2011
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They likewise sent forth secret agents to alarm the people by threats of the divine vengeance if they did not insist on the execution of Jesus, whom they termed a sacrilegious blasphemer.
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 1774-1824 1862
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Gallery protests Smithsonian's removal of video some call sacrilegious, anti-Christian
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On one kiosk in the physical show a brief view of a crucifix covered with ants by Wojnarowicz was called sacrilegious by Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, and others, and the Portrait Gallery decided it was too much of a distraction to the overall themes of the show.
Portrait Gallery gets huge online bump Jacqueline Trescott 2010
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On one kiosk in the physical show a brief view of a crucifix covered with ants by Wojnarowicz was called sacrilegious by Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, and others, and the Portrait Gallery decided it was too much of a distraction to the overall themes of the show.
Portrait Gallery gets huge online bump Jacqueline Trescott 2010
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CNS contacted incoming House GOP leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor for their thoughts on the exhibit -- smelling culture war blood, Boehner and Cantor embraced the crusade against "sacrilegious" art in the Smithsonian.
Michael B. Keegan: Smithsonian: Just Put the Art Back Michael B. Keegan 2011
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CNS contacted incoming House GOP leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor for their thoughts on the exhibit -- smelling culture war blood, Boehner and Cantor embraced the crusade against "sacrilegious" art in the Smithsonian.
Michael B. Keegan: Smithsonian: Just Put the Art Back Michael B. Keegan 2011
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Sen. Jim DeMint R-S.C. called Democrats' push to force through an arms control treaty and an omnibus spending bill right before Christmas "sacrilegious," and warned he'd draw the process out to wage his objections.
GOP Senators Invoke Christmas In Order To Pointlessly Obstruct The START Treaty Jason Linkins 2010
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Sen. Jim DeMint R-S.C. called Democrats' push to force through an arms control treaty and an omnibus spending bill right before Christmas "sacrilegious," and warned he'd draw the process out to wage his objections.
GOP Senators Invoke Christmas In Order To Pointlessly Obstruct The START Treaty Jason Linkins 2010
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But it also means Democrats aren't being any more "sacrilegious" than Republicans are.
The Senate GOP's bore on Christmas Adam Serwer 2010
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The government will continue to block some Web pages that contain "sacrilegious material," but Malik declined to specify which ones.(online)
September 27, 2010