sacrilege
noun
- the act of appropriating to oneself or to secular use, or of violating, what is consecrated to God or religion
- the intentional desecration or disrespectful treatment of a person, place, thing, or idea held sacred
See sacrilege in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(săkˈrə-lĭj)
noun Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred.
Related Forms:
- sacˌri·leˈgist (săkˌrə-lēˈjĭst) noun
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