sacrilegious
sac·ri·le·gious
adjective
1.
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- “blasphemous rites of a witches”
- “;”
- “;”
Origin
Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).
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