sacrilegio
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See also: sacrilégio
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian.
Noun
[edit]sacrilegio (plural sacrilegios)
- Profane use of a sacred object.
- 1938, James M. Cain, chapter 4, in Serenade, New York: Alfred A. Knopf:
- When she tired, I loosened up a little, to let her blow. Yes, it was rape, but only technical, brother, only technical. Above the waist, maybe she was worried about the sacrilegio, but from the waist down she wanted me, bad. There couldn’t be any doubt about that.
References
[edit]- "Sacrilegio", Cambridge Dictionary Online (accessed 14 August 2024)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin sacrilegium.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sacrilegio m (plural sacrilegi)
Related terms
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]sacrilegiō
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin sacrilegium.
Noun
[edit]sacrilegio m (plural sacrilegios)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sacrilegio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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