sacrilege
Syllables: sac·ri·legeUK/ˈsækɹɪlɪd͡ʒ//ˈsækɹəlɪd͡ʒ/
sacrilege noun: desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
Noun
sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- blasphemy, desecration, profanation
sacrilege meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
sacrilege in Urdu
- بےادبی, بےحرمتی
sacrilege in Bengali
- পবিত্র বস্তুর অপমান, ধর্মীয় অপরাধ
sacrilege in Malayalam
- അശുദ്ധമാക്കൽ, ക്ഷേത്രഭണ്ഡാരക്കവർച്ച, ദൈവദൂഷണം, ദൈവനിന്ദ
sacrilege in Kannada
- ಅಪವಿತ್ರಗೊಳಿಸುವುದು, ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸುವುದು, ದೇವಾಲಯದ ದರೋಡೆ, ಅಪವಿತ್ರಗೊಳಿಸು, ದೇವದೂಷಣೆ ಮಾಡು
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- sacrilege in Arabic
- تَدْنِيس tadnīs, تَرْجِيس tarjīs
- sacrilege in Indonesian
- sakrilegi
Synonyms of sacrilege
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Forms of sacrilege
| plural | sacrileges |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | sacriledge |
Origin of sacrilege
Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. From Middle English sacrilege, from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”). Sense of “profanation” from late 14th century.
Words formed from sacrilege
Questions about sacrilege
- What does sacrilege mean?
- Sacrilege means desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
- What is sacrilege in Urdu?
- Sacrilege in Urdu is بےادبی, بےحرمتی. See Sacrilege meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is sacrilege?
- Sacrilege is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sacrilege?
- Sacrilege is pronounced /ˈsækɹɪlɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sacrilege?
- The plural of sacrilege is sacrileges.
Words near sacrilege in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sacrilege (page history and authors); sacrilege (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sacrilege (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sacrilege (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sacrilege (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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