Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character.
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To invade this world is not bad breeding; it is social sacrilege.
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Mr. Stockton regarded the proposed act in the light of a sacrilege.
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He is wanted for multiple cases of sacrilege and housebreakings in Manchester.
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That was the law concerning sacrilege against the trees of the gods.
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But I was in a hurry to leave the scene of sacrilege.
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It was unconsecrated, and there could be no sacrilege in using it.
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Even as he sought to fight, Gaborn feared that he committed sacrilege.
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But he atoned for the sacrilege upon the memorable field of Poitiers.
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He will know how we punish the outrage, the crime, the sacrilege.
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Naturally the Church had cognisance of all cases of sacrilege and heresy.
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Such a deprivation in his eyes would almost have seemed a sacrilege.
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As for Harald, he deserted and cast in his lot with sacrilege.
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Objection 1: It would seem that sacrilege is not a special sin.
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And they will at some time pay the penalty for this sacrilege.
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The thought of getting money for them was to me a sacrilege.
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Blindness is commonly supposed to be the consequence of such a sacrilege.
