Guilty of or involving sacrilege; profane; impious: as, sacrilegious acts; sacrilegious hands.
Synonyms See profanation.
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adj. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Word Usage
"The Pennys skipped the spellers' annual picnic Memorial Day to go into the capital, where Veronica met "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak and stumped him with the spelling of the word "sacrilegious.""