"sacrilegious" meaning in English

See sacrilegious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ [General-American], /sæk.ɹəˈlid͡ʒəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sacrilegious.wav Forms: more sacrilegious [comparative], most sacrilegious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs, -iːdʒəs Etymology: Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”). Etymology templates: {{cog|la|sacrilegus}} Latin sacrilegus, {{der|en|la|sacer}} Latin sacer Head templates: {{en-adj}} sacrilegious (comparative more sacrilegious, superlative most sacrilegious)
  1. Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred. Wikipedia link: sacrilege Related terms: sacrilege Translations (committing sacrilege): sacrílegu (Asturian), кощунствен (koštunstven) (Bulgarian), светотатствен (svetotatstven) (Bulgarian), sacríleg (Catalan), malpia (Esperanto), sacrilège (French), sacrílego (Galician), gotteslästerlich (German), szentségtörő (Hungarian), sacrilego (Italian), sacrilegus (Latin), sacrilèg (Occitan), bluźnierczy (Polish), świętokradczy (Polish), świętokradzki (Polish), sacrílego (Portuguese), святота́тственный (svjatotátstvennyj) (Russian), богоху́льный (bogoxúlʹnyj) (Russian), богоху́льственный (bogoxúlʹstvennyj) (Russian), кощу́нственный (koščúnstvennyj) (Russian), sacrílego (Spanish), vanhelgande (Swedish)

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