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Sacrilege

Any profanation or abuse of things peculiarly sacred to God; such as robbing the house of God, or making it a den of thieves, Matthew 21:12,13; Romans 2:2.

Source: ATS Bible Dictionary
Sacrilege

SAC'RILEGE, n. L. sacrilegium; sacer, sacred, and lego, to take or steal.

The crime of violating or profaning sacred things; or the alienating to laymen or to common purposes what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.

And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb with sacrilege to dig.

Source: King James Dictionary


 
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