[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sacrilege \sac"rilege\, n. f. sacril`ege, 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.
   1913 webster

         and the hid treasures in her sacred tomb
         with sacrilege to dig.                   --spenser.
   1913 webster

         families raised upon the ruins of churches, and
         enriched with the spoils of sacrilege.   --south.
   1913 webster
see also:
sacred legend 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sacrilege
     n : blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its
         sacred character; "desecration of the holy sabbath" syn:
          profanation, desecration, blasphemy
see also:
profanation desecration blasphemy 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 moby thesaurus words for "sacrilege":
   abomination, abuse, atrocity, befouling, befoulment,
   blasphemousness, blasphemy, contamination, crime, debasement,
   defilement, desecration, disgrace, dishonoring, disrespect,
   fouling, heresy, ignominy, impiety, impiousness, infamy,
   irreverence, maltreatment, misuse, offense, outrage, perversion,
   pity, profanation, profaneness, profanity, prostitution,
   sacrilegiousness, scandal, secularization, shame, sin,
   terrible thing, violation, vitiation

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