Definition of sacrilegious
: committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object
sacrilegious acts It is difficult for religiously committed persons to acknowledge that their sacred texts are prone to sacrilegious uses.— Mary C. Boys
—often used in an exaggerated way in contexts unrelated to religion It would be sacrilegious to cut down such beautiful trees.Chilling your red wines may seem sacrilegious to some, and downright odd to others.— Tess Rose Lampert
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The first known use of sacrilegious was in 1582
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