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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

/ ˌæɪˈɪə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or involving sacrilege; impious
  2. guilty of sacrilege
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Pronunciation Note

The almost universal pronunciation of sacrilegious as [sak-r, uh, -, lij, -, uh, s] 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 [sak-r, uh, -, lee, -j, uh, s] occurs in American English, though not in British English, and criticism of the newer pronunciation has almost disappeared.
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Derived Forms

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  • ˌˈ𲵾dzܲ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sacrilegious1

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

Arnold Schoenberg’s sacrilegious “Pierrot Lunaire” foretold a distortion of reality that has never left us.

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Cancer Christ mixes Christian, satanic and other “reptilian” imagery in an intentionally and outlandishly sacrilegious mix, with members at times wearing snake masks atop religious garments.

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“Ironic” 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 “embedded in people’s hearts” and it might be “sacrilegious” to say “Home Alone 2,” “the filming of that one is the winner.”

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He was initially skeptical and even wondered if it was sacrilegious.

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