abomination, befoulment, crime, disgrace, heresy, infamy, offense, profanation, sacrilegiousness, sin
Definitionn. blasphemous behavior
Last update: June 8, 2015
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She regarded the damage done to the painting as sacrilege. [noun]
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The temple which he has made a sacrilege utters bitter lamentations; he has made its eyes blurred with tears. [noun]
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Such was its reputation that it seemed sacrilege to dare to improve on it. [noun]
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An hundred swords were unsheathed to avenge what was in those days regarded as a crime only inferior to sacrilege or regicide. [noun]
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"If all Russians are in the least like you, it is sacrilege to fight such a nation," he said to Pierre. [noun]
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THE NYMPH: (Her features hardening, gropes in the folds of her habit) Sacrilege. [noun]
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Apollo, who witnessed the sacrilege, came down to defend his sanctuary, and a violent struggle ensued. [noun]
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On the one hand, highway robbery, fraud, deceit, violence, sensuality, homicide, all sorts of sacrilege, every variety of crime; on the other, one thing only, innocence. [noun]
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In the Theodosian Code the various crimes which are accounted sacrilege include - apostasy, heresy, schism, Judaism, paganism, attempts against the immunity of churches and clergy or privileges of church courts, the desecration of sacraments, &c. and even Sunday. [Please select]
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"Now, by the power of Mother Church," cried Sir Oliver, "but this runs hard on sacrilege." [Please select]
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To-night this palace is a tomb, and woe to those who commit sacrilege. [Please select]
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