Word of the Day for Monday, December 29, 2008
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sacrilege \SAK-ruh-lij\, noun:
sacrilege \SAK-ruh-lij\, noun:
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an intentional injury to anything held sacred; disrespectful treatment of something sacred
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an intentional injury to anything held sacred; disrespectful treatment of something sacred
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When it comes to politics, the B.O. holds little that is sacrilege!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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c 1300, from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium and sacrilegus "one who steals sacred things," from sacer "sacred" + legere "take, pick up." Transferred sense of "profanation of anything held sacred" is attested from 1390.
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