Definitions for sacrilege

sacrilege sac·ri·lege

Spelling: [sak-ruh-lij]
IPA: /ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ/

Sacrilege is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 571 anagrams from letters in sacrilege (aceegilrs).

Definitions for sacrilege

noun

  1. the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
  2. an instance of this.
  3. the stealing of anything consecrated to the service of God.

Origin of sacrilege

1275-1325; Middle English Old French Latin sacrilegium, equivalent to sacri- (combining form of sacrum holy place) + leg(ere) to steal, literally, gather + -ium -ium

Examples for sacrilege

His horror at the sacrilege was so ludicrous that Kendrick laughed aloud.

The alternative—burning gas over fake logs—seems a sacrilege.

He tells The Daily Beast that people thought transplanting organs “was sacrilege.”

Look at our sacraments—are they a lie, or are they a sacrilege?

In this respect, sacrilege as it may seem, Netanyahu may actually most closely resemble Yitzhak Rabin.

They could not, above all, endure this immensity of perjury and sacrilege.

It was sacrilege to think of changing such old, venerable things.

His gesture is so bold it has a whiff of sacrilege, not just of art-world rebellion.

OK, well maybe we do agree with the latter view; that sort of extreme flavoring can veer dangerously close to sacrilege.

We have treated of sacrilege, and of conspiracy, and of treason.

Word Value for sacrilege
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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