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   sacrilege

   /ˈsakrɪlɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred: "putting ecclesiastical vestments to secular use was considered sacrilege"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus ‘stealer of sacred things’, from sacer, sacr- ‘sacred’ + legere ‘take possession of’.

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