sacrilege
See also: sacrilège
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. From Middle English sacrilege, from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”). Sense of “profanation” from late 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsækɹɪlɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsækɹəlɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: sac‧ri‧lege
Noun
[edit]sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)
- Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
- Synonyms: blasphemy; see also Thesaurus:sacrilege
- 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704:
- I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “sacrilege”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
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Latin sacrilegus
Latin sacrilegē
From sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”) + -ē (adverbial suffix).
Adverb
[edit]sacrilegē (not comparable)
Synonyms
[edit]- (impiously): irreligiōsē, nefāriē
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “sacrilege”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sacrilege”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested at the end of the 12th century, borrowed from Latin sacrilegium.[1]
Noun
[edit]sacrilege oblique singular, m (oblique plural sacrileges, nominative singular sacrileges, nominative plural sacrilege)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Etymology and history of “sacrilège”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Romanian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sacrilege m or f or n (masculine plural sacrilegi, feminine/neuter plural sacrilege)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | sacrilege | sacrilege | sacrilegi | sacrilege | ||
| definite | sacrilegele | sacrilegea | sacrilegii | sacrilegele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | sacrilege | sacrilege | sacrilegi | sacrilege | ||
| definite | sacrilegelui | sacrilegei | sacrilegilor | sacrilegelor | |||
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