sacrilegio

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noun

Profane use of a sacred object.

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Meanings

nounsacrilegio (plural sacrilegios)

plural sacrilegios

  1. Profane use of a sacred object.

    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.

    1938, James M. Cain, chapter 4, in Serenade, New York: Alfred A. Knopf

Origin

Borrowed from Italian.

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APA

sacrilegio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrilegio

MLA

“sacrilegio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrilegio. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sacrilegio,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrilegio.

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