Definitions for: Sacrilegious


[adj] grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"



Webster (1913) Definition: Sac`ri*le"gious, a. [From sacrilege: cf. L.
sacrilegus.]
Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving
sacrilege; profane; impious.

Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. --Pope.
-- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.

Synonyms: blasphemous, irreverent, profane

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