sacrilege

• sacriledge (obsolete)

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.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsækɹɪlɪd͡ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsækɹəlɪd͡ʒ/

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• Hyphenation: sac‧ri‧lege

sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)

1. Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704:

     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.

• sacrilegious

• Gilcrease

From sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”) +‎ -ē (adverbial suffix).

sacrilegē (not comparable)

1. sacrilegiously, impiously

• (impiously): irreligiōsē, nefāriē

• “sacrilege”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sacrilege”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]

First attested at the end of the 12th century, borrowed from Latin sacrilegium.^[1]

sacrilege oblique singular, m (oblique plural sacrileges, nominative singular sacrileges, nominative plural sacrilege)

1. sacrilege

• English: sacrilege
• French: sacrilège

sacrilege m or f or n (masculine plural sacrilegi, feminine and neuter plural sacrilege)

1. obsolete form of sacrileg

• sacrilege in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN