† sacrilegyn.
Obsolete.
= sacrilege n.1
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sacrilegea1300
sacrilegyc1380
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violation1461
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profanement1815
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 132 What eucre þou haldest to þe..ouer symple liflode & streit cloþing..is þefte, raueyne & sacrelegie.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 463 Ȝif ȝe despiseþ God wytyngly, þanne ȝe beeþ i-holde in þe synne of sacrelegy.
a1400 Ipotis 251 (Vernon MS.) in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 344 In sacrilegye he sungede sore.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 409 It is raueyn, it is sacrilegi [L. sacrilegium est], that is to seie thefte of holi good.
?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Biv Ponishid for sacralagie.
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