sacrilege

See also: sacrilège

English

Etymology

Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. Borrowed 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”).

Noun

sacrilege (usually uncountable, plural sacrileges)

  1. Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.

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Translations

References

  1. ↑ “sacrilege” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + legō (“gather; take, steal”).

Adverb

sacrilegē (not comparable)

  1. sacrilegiously, impiously

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References

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. sacrilege

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ “sacrilège” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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