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sacriledge

sacriledge is the obsolete form of sacrilege.

Meaning of sacrilege

Noun

sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)

  1. (usually) Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
    • I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704

Forms of sacriledge

pluralsacriledges

Questions about sacriledge

What is sacriledge the obsolete form of?
Sacriledge is the obsolete form of sacrilege.

Words near sacriledge in the dictionary

  1. sacrifier
  2. sacrifiers
  3. sacrifies
  4. sacrify
  5. sacrifying
  6. sacriledge
  7. sacriledges
  8. sacrilege
  9. sacrileger
  10. sacrilegers
  11. sacrileges

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