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Definition of Sacrilege

Sacrilege
Sacrilege Sac"ri*lege, n. [F. sacril[`e]ge, L. sacrilegium, from sacrilegus that steals, properly, gathers or picks up, sacred things; sacer sacred + legere to gather, pick up. See Sacred, and Legend.] The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses. And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb With sacrilege to dig. --Spenser. Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege. --South.

Meaning of Sacrilege from wikipedia

- Sacrilege is the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object, site or person. This can take the form of irreverence to sacred persons, places...
- Look up sacrilege in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sacrilege is the mistreatment of a sacred object. Sacrilege may also refer to: Sacrilege (band)...
- Sacrilege is a band from the Midlands region of England originally formed in 1984 by guitarist Damian Thompson and vocalist Lynda "Tam" Simpson and Tony...
- Granth Sahib desecration (also known as the 2015 Sri Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege) refers to a series of desecration incidents of the Sikh Guru Guru Granth...
- Sacrilege is a double remix album by the band Can, released in 1997. It features remixes of many of the band's best-known songs from the 1960s and 1970s...
- "Abomination of desolation" is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Gr**** king Antiochus IV Epiphanes...
- "Sacrilege" is the first single from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' fourth album Mosquito released on February 25, 2013 as a digital download. It was recorded at...
- The Anti-Sacrilege Act (1825–1830) was a French law against blasphemy and sacrilege p****ed in April 1825 under King Charles X. The death penalty provision...
- Sacrilege is a 2020 British folk horror film written and directed by David Creed and produced by Mark Kenna. Kayla is a young woman struggling to put...
- Nick Launay, and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy. The first single, "Sacrilege", was released on February 15, 2013. "Despair" was released as the second...