"sacrilege" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsækɹɪlɪd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsækɹəlɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-sacrilege.ogg Forms: sacrileges [plural]
Etymology: Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. From Middle English sacrilege, from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”), from phrase sacrum legere, from sacrum (from sacer (“sacred, holy”)) + legō (“gather; take, steal”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- and *leǵ-. Sense of “profanation” from late 14th century. Unrelated to religion, which is ultimately from ligō (“I tie, bind, or bandage”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sacrilege}} Middle English sacrilege, {{der|en|fro|sacrilege}} Old French sacrilege, {{der|en|la|sacrilegium}} Latin sacrilegium, {{der|en|ine-pro|*seh₂k-}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)
  1. Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred. Wikipedia link: sacrilege Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: sacriledge [obsolete] Derived forms: sacrilegious Translations (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred): ἱεροσυλία (hierosulía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَدْنِيس (tadnīs) [masculine] (Arabic), تَرْجِيس (tarjīs) [masculine] (Arabic), սրբապղծություն (srbapġcutʻyun) (Armenian), sacrilexu [masculine] (Asturian), святата́цтва (svjatatáctva) [neuter] (Belarusian), блюзне́рства (bljuznjérstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), блюзьне́рства (bljuzʹnjérstva) [Taraškievica, neuter] (Belarusian), кощу́нство (koštúnstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), светота́тство (svetotátstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sacrilegi [masculine] (Catalan), 冒瀆 (Chinese Mandarin), 冒渎 (màodú) (Chinese Mandarin), svatokrádež [masculine] (Czech), helligbrøde [common-gender] (Danish), heiligschennis (Dutch), sakrilegio (Esperanto), pühaduseteotus (Estonian), pyhäinhäväistys (Finnish), sacrilège [masculine] (French), sacrilexio [masculine] (Galician), Sakrileg [neuter] (German), ιεροσυλία (ierosylía) [feminine] (Greek), szentségtörés (Hungarian), sakrilejo (Ido), sakrilegi (Indonesian), sacrilegio [masculine] (Italian), 冒涜 (bōtoku) (alt: ぼうとく) (Japanese), ардақты нәрсені қорлаушылық (ardaqty närsenı qorlauşylyq) (Kazakh), ерекше қадірлі нәрсені қорлаушылық (erekşe qadırlı närsenı qorlauşylyq) (Kazakh), қасиетті нәрсені масқаралаушылық (qasiettı närsenı masqaralauşylyq) (Kazakh), 모독 (modok) (Korean), sacrilegium [neuter] (Latin), сквернавење (skvernavenje) (Macedonian), helligbrød [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sacrilègi [masculine] (Occitan), blasfemia [feminine] (Polish), bluźnierstwo [neuter] (Polish), profanacja [feminine] (Polish), świętokradztwo [neuter] (Polish), sacrilégio [masculine] (Portuguese), sacrilegiu [neuter] (Romanian), кощу́нство (koščúnstvo) [neuter] (Russian), святота́тство (svjatotátstvo) [neuter] (Russian), светогрђе [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), svetogrđe [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), svätokrádež [masculine] (Slovak), svetoskrunstvo [neuter] (Slovene), bogokletstvo [neuter] (Slovene), sacrilegio [masculine] (Spanish), helgerån [neuter] (Swedish), skändlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), hädelse [common-gender] (Swedish), святота́тство (svjatotátstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), блюзнірство (bljuznirstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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          "word": "冒涜"
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          "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
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          "roman": "qasiettı närsenı masqaralauşylyq",
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          "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
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          "code": "sl",
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          "code": "sl",
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            "neuter"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "sacrilegio"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "helgerån"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "tags": [
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        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
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        "Terms with Slovak translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "code": "ar",
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      ],
      "word": "تَرْجِيس"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
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      "word": "սրբապղծություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sacrilexu"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "svjatatáctva",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "святата́цтва"
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    {
      "code": "be",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "светота́тство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacrilegi"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "冒瀆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "màodú",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "冒渎"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "svatokrádež"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "heiligschennis"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "sakrilegio"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "pühaduseteotus"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "pyhäinhäväistys"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
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      ],
      "word": "sacrilège"
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      "code": "gl",
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      ],
      "word": "sacrilexio"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Sakrileg"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ιεροσυλία"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἱεροσυλία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "szentségtörés"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "sakrilejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "sakrilegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacrilegio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼうとく",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "bōtoku",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "冒涜"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ardaqty närsenı qorlauşylyq",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "ардақты нәрсені қорлаушылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "erekşe qadırlı närsenı qorlauşylyq",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "ерекше қадірлі нәрсені қорлаушылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qasiettı närsenı masqaralauşylyq",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "қасиетті нәрсені масқаралаушылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "modok",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "모독"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sacrilegium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "skvernavenje",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "word": "сквернавење"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "helligbrød"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacrilègi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blasfemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bluźnierstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profanacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "świętokradztwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacrilégio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sacrilegiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koščúnstvo",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кощу́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjatotátstvo",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "святота́тство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "светогрђе"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "svetogrđe"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "word": "svätokrádež"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "svetoskrunstvo"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "bogokletstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacrilegio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "helgerån"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
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      "word": "skändlighet"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "hädelse"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjatotátstvo",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "святота́тство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bljuznirstvo",
      "sense": "desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "блюзнірство"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sacrilege"
}

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