sacrilegium
[sa.krɪˈɫɛ.ɡi.ũː] · noun
Meaning
- The robbing of a temple, stealing of sacred objects, sacrilege.
- Violation of sacred things, profanation, sacrilege.
Etymology / origin
Derived from sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”) + -ium (nominalizing suffix).
Related words
Descendant words
- sacrilexu(Asturian) (uder)
- sacrilegi(Catalan) (bor)
- sacrilege(English) (der)
- sacrilexio(Galician) (der)
- sakrilegi(Indonesian) (der)
- sacrilegio(Italian) (bor)
- sacrilègi(Occitan) (der)
- sacrilege(Old French) (bor)
- sacrilégio(Portuguese) (lbor)
- sacrilegio(Spanish) (bor)
- helgerån(Swedish) (calque)
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