sacrilege

/ˈsæk·rə·lɪdʒ/ n [C/U]

Definition

› the failure to treat something holy with the respect it should have, or an example of this: [U] Many thought it was sacrilege to move the bones to another place. sacrilegious

/ˌsæk·rəˈlɪdʒ·əs/ adj › He considered the artwork to be sacrilegious.

(Definition of sacrilege n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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