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# sacrilege

noun (sacrileges)

«sacrilege» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Great disrespect shown to something holy, such as a god, a temple or a church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrilege/#m1)

### In the lessons

stealing from a temple or harming a holy place is sacrilege

### Examples

- Stealing the gold from the temple was sacrilege. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrilege/#x1)
- Apollo saw the sacrilege and came down to defend his shrine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrilege/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sacrilege» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrilege/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sacrilege» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sacrilege.html) on Mova free.