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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sac•ri•le•gious (sak′rə lij′əs, -lē′jəs),USA pronunciation adj. - Religionpertaining to or involving sacrilege:sacrilegious practices.
- Religionguilty of sacrilege:a sacrilegious person.
- see sacrilege, -ous 1400–50; late Middle English sacrilegiose
The almost universal pronunciation of sacrilegious as (sak′rə lij′əs)USA pronunciation is the result of folk etymology—modifying the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word so that it conforms to a more familiar one—in this case religious. Etymologically, sacrilegious has no direct relationship to religious. The historical pronunciation (sak′rə lē′jəs)USA pronunciation occurs in American English, though not in British English, and criticism of the newer pronunciation has almost disappeared. |