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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
- Example: "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath";
- Example: "profane utterances against the Church"
- Example: "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
[syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sacrilegious \Sac`ri*le"gious\, a. [From sacrilege: cf. L.
   sacrilegus.]
   Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving
   sacrilege; profane; impious.
   [1913 Webster]

         Above the reach of sacrilegious hands.   --Pope.
   [1913 Webster] -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. --
   Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sacrilegious
    adj 1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
           "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane
           utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to
           enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane,
           sacrilegious]