Sacrilegious: alternatives and connections

Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.

A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly ta…

The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.

A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrile…

To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.

Profane; polluted.

To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God;…

Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.

the state of being polluted

To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unwor…

The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.

Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; pollu…

The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.

Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.

One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.

Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood.