Associations to the word «Sacrilege»

Wiktionary

SACRILEGE, noun. Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.

Dictionary definition

SACRILEGE, noun. Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats