释义
[ sak -ruh -lij ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
an instance of this.
the stealing of anything consecrated to the service of God.
Origin of sacrilege 1275–1325; Middle English <Old French <Latin sacrilegium, equivalent to sacri- (combining form of sacrum holy place) + leg (ere ) to steal, literally, gather + -ium -ium
Words nearby sacrilege sacrifice, sacrifice fly, sacrifice paddock, sacrificial, sacrificial anode, sacrilege , sacrilegious, sacring, sacring bell, sacristan, sacristy
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Example sentences from the Web for sacrilege He tells The Daily Beast that people thought transplanting organs “was sacrilege .”
Sanjay Gupta’s Pot Pilgrimage for Pain Relief | Valerie Vande Panne| March 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In this respect, sacrilege as it may seem, Netanyahu may actually most closely resemble Yitzhak Rabin.
Is there a Rabin-Netanyahu Link? | Danielle Spiegel Feld| August 2, 2013| DAILY BEAST
His gesture is so bold it has a whiff of sacrilege , not just of art-world rebellion.
If Jack the Ripper Had Made Art | Blake Gopnik| May 28, 2012| DAILY BEAST
The alternative—burning gas over fake logs—seems a sacrilege .
The Fireplace Delusion: A Metaphor for Religious Belief | Sam Harris| February 3, 2012| DAILY BEAST
OK, well maybe we do agree with the latter view; that sort of extreme flavoring can veer dangerously close to sacrilege .
Lights, Camera, Cocktails | Brody Brown| September 2, 2011| DAILY BEAST
It comes to them as the gifts of gods and sages, which it would be sacrilege to reject.
Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 | James Kennedy
It was wicked to cough in church, as it was a sacrilege to play with a hymn-book.
The Uncalled | Paul Laurence Dunbar
Or was the fear genuine, and the delight the greater: a sort of sacrilege ?
Aaron's Rod | D. H. Lawrence
But thy people burn thy marbles for lime, and three centuries of this sacrilege will destroy all sign of thy nobleness.'
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) | John Addington Symonds
Sacrilege to pluck fruit-tree blossom—soft, sacred, young blossom—and throw it away!
Five Tales | John Galsworthy
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British Dictionary definitions for sacrilege noun the misuse or desecration of anything regarded as sacred or as worthy of extreme respect to play Mozart's music on a kazoo is sacrilege
the act or an instance of taking anything sacred for secular use
Derived forms of sacrilege sacrilegist (ˌsækrɪˈliːdʒɪst ), noun Word Origin for sacrilege C13: from Old French sacrilège, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus temple-robber, from sacra sacred things + legere to take
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