See also: sacrilège

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Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. From Middle English sacrilege, from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (sacrilegious), from phrase sacrum legere, from sacrum (from sacer (sacred, holy)) + legō (gather; take, steal), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- and *leǵ-. Sense of “profanation” from late 14th century.[1]

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

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Noun edit

sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)

  1. Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
    • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704:
      I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “sacrilege”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From sacrilegus (sacrilegious) +‎ (adverbial suffix).

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sacrilegē (not comparable)

  1. sacrilegiously, impiously

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Old French edit

Etymology edit

First attested at the end of the 12th century, borrowed from Latin sacrilegium.[1]

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

  1. sacrilege

Descendants edit

  • English: sacrilege
  • French: sacrilège

References edit

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “sacrilège”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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sacrilege m or f or n (masculine plural sacrilegi, feminine and neuter plural sacrilege)

  1. Obsolete form of sacrileg.

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  • sacrilege in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN