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sacrilegio

sacrilegio noun: profane use of a sacred object.

Noun

sacrilegio (plural sacrilegios)

  1. Profane use of a sacred object.
    • When she tired, I loosened up a little, to let her blow. Yes, it was rape, but only technical, brother, only technical. Above the waist, maybe she was worried about the sacrilegio, but from the waist down she wanted me, bad. There couldn’t be any doubt about that.1938, James M. Cain, chapter 4, in Serenade, New York: Alfred A. Knopf

Forms of sacrilegio

pluralsacrilegios

Origin of sacrilegio

Borrowed from Italian.

Questions about sacrilegio

What does sacrilegio mean?
Sacrilegio means profane use of a sacred object.
What part of speech is sacrilegio?
Sacrilegio is a noun.
What is the plural of sacrilegio?
The plural of sacrilegio is sacrilegios.

Words near sacrilegio in the dictionary

  1. sacriledges
  2. sacrilege
  3. sacrileger
  4. sacrilegers
  5. sacrileges
  6. sacrilegio
  7. sacrilegious
  8. sacrilegiously
  9. sacrilegiousness
  10. sacrilegist
  11. sacrilegists

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