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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...
- 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...
- Look up sacrilege in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sacrilege is the mistreatment of a sacred object. Sacrilege may also refer to: Sacrilege (band)...
- "Sacrilege" is the first single from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' fourth album Mosquito released on February 25, 2013 as a digital download. It was recorded at...
- 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,...
- Granth Sahib desecration (also known as the 2015 Sri Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege) refers to a series of desecration incidents of the Sikh Guru Guru Granth...
- "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...
- The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms is the third album by Italian-Slovenian rock band Devil Doll. It is a reworked, remixed, extended version of their 1992 recording...
- "The Spoils of Sacrilege" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders...