sacrilegious

Definition

Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

Etymology

Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).

Example Sentences

• "At one end of the room was spread a square carpet, and on it stood a table, on which were placed two most sacrilegious-looking wax-tapers: it is to be feared some poor sinner stayed longer in purgatory from the abduction of his offering."

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