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Definition of Sacrileges

Sacrilege
Sacrilege Sac"ri*lege, n. [F. sacril[`e]ge, L. sacrilegium, from sacrilegus that steals, properly, gathers or picks up, sacred things; sacer sacred + legere to gather, pick up. See Sacred, and Legend.] The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses. And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb With sacrilege to dig. --Spenser. Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege. --South.

Meaning of Sacrileges from wikipedia

- Sacrilege is the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object, site or person. This can take the form of irreverence to sacred persons, places...
- Look up sacrilege in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sacrilege is the mistreatment of a sacred object. Sacrilege may also refer to: Sacrilege (band)...
- Jeanneney, "Quand le sacrilège était puni de mort en France", in L'Histoire, June 2006, pp. 68-72. French: "Comme les sacrilèges choquent la religion...
- Sacrilege is a band from the Midlands region of England originally formed in 1984 by guitarist Damian Thompson and vocalist Lynda "Tam" Simpson and Tony...
- Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for the deliberate and malicious acts, that are intended to outrage religious feelings of...
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- Sacrilege is a triple remix album by the ****rock band Can, released in 1997. The album was proposed by the head of the Mute Records, Daniel Miller,...
- Amphissa began to work lands that were sacred to Apollo near Delphi, a sacrilege that gave Philip the opportunity to further intervene in Gr**** affairs...
- The national flag of Panama was made by María de la Ossa de Amador and was officially adopted by the "ley 48 de 1925". The Panamanian flag day is celebrated...
- "Abomination of desolation" is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Gr**** king Antiochus IV Epiphanes...