Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is guilty of sacrilege.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One guilty of sacrilege.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is guilty of
sacrilege .
Etymologies
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sacrilege + -ist
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Examples
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There be good reasons why every thern upon Barsoom should yearn to spill the blood of the blasphemer, the sacrilegist; but let us mix wisdom with our righteous hate.
The Warlord of Mars 1913
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There be good reasons why every thern upon Barsoom should yearn to spill the blood of the blasphemer, the sacrilegist; but let us mix wisdom with our righteous hate.
Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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French that he was a manslayer and a sacrilegist, who murdered tiny babes and stabbed sacred hosts.
The Queen Pedauque Anatole France 1884
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