sacrilege

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Translations
2 Latin
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Adverb
  - 2.2.1 Synonyms
  - 2.2.2 Related terms

[edit] English

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Sacrilege

[edit] Noun

sacrilege (plural sacrileges)

desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred

[edit] Translations

desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred

Arabic: تدنيس (ar) (tadniis) m., ترجيس (ar) (tarjiis) m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 冒瀆 (cmn), 冒渎 (cmn) (màodú)
Czech: svatokrádež (cs) m.
Dutch: heiligschennis (nl)
Esperanto: sakrilegio
Finnish: pyhäinhäväistys (fi)
French: sacrilège (fr) m.
German: Sakrileg (de) n.

Greek: ιεροσυλία (el) (ierοsylía) m.
Hungarian: szentségtörés (hu)
Ido: sakrilejo
Italian: sacrilegio (it) m.
Japanese: 冒涜 (ja) (ぼうとく, bōtoku)
Latin: sacrilegium (la) n.
Polish: świętokradztwo (pl) n., profanacja (pl) f.
Portuguese: sacrilégio (pt) m.
Russian: кощунство (ru) (koščúnstvo) n., святотатство (ru) (svjatotátstvo) n.
Serbian: светогрђе (sr) (svetogrđe) n.
Spanish: sacrilegio (es) m.

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + legō (“gather; take, steal”).

[edit] Adverb

sacrilegē (not comparable)

sacrilegiously, impiously

[edit] Synonyms

(impiously): irreligiōsē, nefāriē

[edit] Related terms

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