Meaning & use
sacrilegiously
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In a manner that violates or shows disrespect for something considered sacred.
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He sacrilegiously used the ancient chalice to hold his morning coffee.
Critics complained that the film sacrilegiously rewrote the sacred myth for shock value.
A note on using this word
Derived from sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, which originally meant the theft of sacred objects.
Words with a similar meaning
irreverentlyblasphemously
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Words with an opposite meaning
reverentlypiously
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