Definition of Sacrilegiousness

1. Noun. Profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege.

Generic synonyms: Profaneness, Unsanctification
Derivative terms: Sacrilegious

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacrilegiousness

sacrificial anode
sacrificial anodes
sacrificial lamb
sacrificial lambs
sacrificially
sacrificing
sacrified
sacrifier
sacrifiers
sacrifies
sacrify
sacrilege
sacrileges
sacrilegious
sacrilegiously
sacrilegiousness (current term)
sacrilegist
sacrilegists
sacrilicious
sacring
sacring-bell
sacring bell
sacrings
sacrist
sacristanry
sacristans
sacristies
sacristry
sacrists

Literary usage of Sacrilegiousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"The mayor set forth; but the king, being reminded by the archbishop of Dublin of the illegality and sacrilegiousness of such a procedure, ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... by the archbishop of Dublin of the illegality and sacrilegiousness of such a procedure, despatched messengers in a great hurry and recalled him. ..."

3. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as by George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane (1846)
"... by the Archbishop of Dublin of the illegality and sacrilegiousness of such a procedure, dispatched messengers in a great hurry and recalled the mayor. ..."

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