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SACRILEGIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sacrilegiousness mean?
• SACRILEGIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun SACRILEGIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege
Familiarity information: SACRILEGIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sacrilegiousness" is a kind of...):
profaneness; unsanctification (unholiness by virtue of being profane)
Derivation:
sacrilegious (grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred)
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