sacrilegious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
    blasphemous; profane.
    • blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
    • profane utterances against the Church
    • it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on

WordNet

Sac`ri*le"gious adjective
Etymology
From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913