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/sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ · adjective
Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred..
At one end of the room was spread a square carpet, and on it stood a table, on which were placed two most sacrilegious-looking wax-tapers: it is to be feared some poor sinner stayed longer in purgatory from the abduction of his offering.
Use sacrilegious when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sacrilegious means Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred..
Common synonyms include profane, irreverent, blasphemous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At one end of the room was spread a square carpet, and on it stood a table, on which were placed two most sacrilegious-looking wax-tapers: it is to be feared some poor sinner stayed longer in purgatory from the abduction of his offering.
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