Dictionary entry

Sacrilegious

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sac′ri‐le″gious (?), a. [From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus.] Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.

Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. Pope.

— Sac′ri‐le″gious‐ly, adv. — Sac′ri‐le″gious‐ness, n.