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sacrilegious

[sak-ruh-lij-uhs, -lee-juhs]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or involving sacrilege.

    sacrilegious practices.

  2. guilty of sacrilege.

    a sacrilegious person.



sacrilegious

/ ˌ²õƦ°ģ°łÉŖĖˆ±ōÉŖ»åĻōə²õ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or involving sacrilege; impious

  2. guilty of sacrilege

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Pronunciation Note

The almost universal pronunciation of sacrilegious as is the result of folk etymology—modifying the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word so that it conforms to a more familiar one—in this case religious. Etymologically, sacrilegious has no direct relationship to religious. The historical pronunciation occurs in American English, though not in British English, and criticism of the newer pronunciation has almost disappeared.
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • sacrilegiously adverb
  • sacrilegiousness noun
  • nonsacrilegious adjective
  • nonsacrilegiously adverb
  • nonsacrilegiousness noun
  • pseudosacrilegious adjective
  • pseudosacrilegiously adverb
  • unsacrilegious adjective
  • unsacrilegiously adverb
  • unsacrilegiousness noun
  • ˌ²õ²¹³¦°ł¾±Ėˆ±ō±š²µ¾±“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
  • ˌ²õ²¹³¦°ł¾±Ėˆ±ō±š²µ¾±“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of sacrilegious1

1400–50; late Middle English sacrilegiose; sacrilege, -ous
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

If we are not serious people, Trump is unserious to a sacrilegious degree.

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Arnold Schoenberg’s sacrilegious ā€œPierrot Lunaireā€ foretold a distortion of reality that has never left us.

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Cancer Christ mixes Christian, satanic and other ā€œreptilianā€ imagery in an intentionally and outlandishly sacrilegious mix, with members at times wearing snake masks atop religious garments.

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ā€œIronicā€ is Jackson’s unapologetic description for a song that lures an audience into a religious fervor for a sacrilegious sentiment.

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Stern acknowledges that although the original is ā€œembedded in people’s heartsā€ and it might be ā€œsacrilegiousā€ to say ā€œHome Alone 2,ā€ ā€œthe filming of that one is the winner.ā€

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