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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSakrileg
Pronunciation / Transliteration: za.kʁiˈleːk
"Die Entweihung der Kirche galt als schweres Sakrileg."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.
"Stealing the ancient artifacts from the temple was considered a terrible sacrilege." - 2
Gross irreverence toward a person, place, or thing held sacred or of high value.
"He viewed putting ketchup on a traditional Neapolitan pizza as an absolute sacrilege."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Latin 'sacrilegium', from 'sacer' (sacred) and 'legere' (to take, collect), originally referring to the stealing of sacred things from a temple. Over centuries in Middle English and Old French, its meaning broadened to encompass any violation, desecration, or gross disrespect of something regarded as sacred.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sacrilege" is said worldwide
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sacrilège
Transliteration: sa.kʁi.lɛʒ
"Brûler les textes anciens est un acte de sacrilège."
Sakrileg
Transliteration: za.kʁiˈleːk
"Die Entweihung der Kirche galt als schweres Sakrileg."
sacrilegio
Transliteration: sa.kriˈlɛ.dʒo
"Quel gesto è stato considerato un grave sacrilegio."
sacrilegio
Transliteration: sa.kɾiˈle.xwjo
"Profanar el templo fue visto como un sacrilegio."
sacrilégio
Transliteration: sa.kɾiˈlɛ.ʒu
"Destruir a obra de arte foi um sacrilégio."
अपवित्रता
Transliteration: apavitrata
"मंदिर को अपवित्र करना एक गंभीर sacrilege था।"
神圣主罪
Transliteration: shénshèng zhǔ zuì
"亵渎圣物是一种严重的罪过。"
신성모독
Transliteration: sin-seong-mo-dok
"성스러운 유물을 파괴하는 것은 신성모독이다."
冒涜
Transliteration: bōtoku
"神聖な場所を汚すことは大きな冒涜である。"
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