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sacrilege

English

Alternative forms

  • sacriledge (obsolete)

Etymology

Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. Borrowed from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (sacrilegious), from phrase sacrum legere, from sacrum (from sacer (sacred, holy)) + leg? (gather; take, steal), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?k- and *le?-. Sense of “profanation” from late 14th century.

Unrelated to religion, which is ultimately from lig? (I tie, bind, or bandage), from Proto-Indo-European *ley?- (to bind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sæk??l?d??/

Noun

sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)

  1. Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.

Derived terms

  • sacrilegious

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Gilcrease

Latin

Etymology

From sacrilegus (sacrilegious) +? -? (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

sacrileg? (not comparable)

  1. sacrilegiously, impiously

Synonyms

  • (impiously): irreligi?s?, nef?ri?

Related terms

References

  • 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

Etymology

First attested at the end of the 12th century, borrowed from Latin sacrilegium.

Noun

sacrilege m (oblique plural sacrileges, nominative singular sacrileges, nominative plural sacrilege)

  1. sacrilege

Descendants

  • English: sacrilege
  • French: sacrilège

References

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outrages

English

Noun

outrages

  1. plural of outrage

Verb

outrages

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrage

Anagrams

  • goat's rue

French

Verb

outrages

  1. second-person singular present indicative of outrager
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of outrager

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