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   noun. the misuse or desecration of anything regarded as sacred or as worthy of extreme respect. to play Mozart's music on a kazoo is sacrilege. the act or an instance of taking anything sacred for secular use.

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   What does sacrilege mean in a sentence?

   • The meaning of SACRILEGE is a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (such as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God. How to use sacrilege in a sentence. Why is sacrilegious not spelled sacreligious?

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   What is considered a sacrilege?

   • Acts of sacrilege in churches became punishable by death, and freedom of the press was severely restricted. Human beings is one of those songs that talks about how the world is breaking apart due to war, religious sacrilege etc. Cutting of trees or defacing the grove is considered as sacrilege. To destroy a trophy was considered a sacrilege.

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   Is sacrilege a crime?

   • In the earliest of them, sacrilege in the narrower sense is not a separate class of crime, but the wider usage goes with variations through the different collections. Yet even in the enlightened 18th century popular fanaticism made of sacrilege the most heinous offence.

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   What is the maximum penalty for sacrilege?

   • These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The maximum penalty for sacrilege or for setting fire to a place of worship is imprisonment for life.

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   Examples of SACRILEGE in a sentence, how to use it. 65 examples: The maximum penalty for sacrilege or for setting fire to a place of worship is…

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   'Sacrilege' in a sentence: They accused him of sacrilege. Still, to call Swift a cynic might as well be sacrilege.sacrilege. —

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   Learn how to use "sacrilege" in a sentence with 52 example sentences on YourDictionary.

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   The meaning of SACRILEGE is a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (such as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God. How to use sacrilege in a sentence.

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   SACRILEGE definition: 1. (an act of) treating something holy or important without respect: 2. (an act of) treating…. Learn more.

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   SACRILEGE meaning: 1. (an act of) treating something holy or important without respect: 2. (an act of) treating…. Learn more.