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• n  blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

• The sacrilege precipitated riots and held an entire city to ransom hence it was time for the authorities to step in with an iron hand.
• To the god's worshipers this would be a sacrilege such as the desecration of a church would be to the invaders.
• Agony and hysteria as zealots seize the Sacred Mosque It was as great a sacrilege to devout Muslims as an attack on Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre would be to.

• profanation
• desecration
• blasphemy

News & Articles

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• John Gray: Two landmarks are closing
  No Hoffman’s Playland after this summer? Marty Burke’s South End Tavern closing at the end of the month? It’s not fair to hit us old timers with so much bad news in one week. And what will our children and grandchildren get in return? Perhaps another strip mall offering frozen yogurt for $8 a cup. Sacrilege! OK maybe that’s a bit harsh but you are tearing away two pieces of my childhood so cut ...
  June 26, 2013 - The Troy Record

Quotes

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• Lim Kit Siang in AFP
  In a multi-religious society, the act of sacrilege to one religion must be regarded as an act of sacrilege to all other religions and the entire nation,Lim said.
• Max Brooks in MTV.com
  I read Straczynski's first draft, and it was f---ing brilliant. As the book writer i know that's sacrilege to say, but it really was good,Brooks said. "I turned to my wife and said 'Honey, this is as good as the book. This is gonna be an...
• Arun Gandhi in Sify
  In Hinduism, ashes from the funeral pyre must be immersed in water. It is sacrilege to keep them,Tushar's father Arun Gandhi told IANS in New York.