All 5 Uses
sacrilege
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
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- IT IS A SACRILEGE FOR YOU TO BE HERE!†
p. 224.2
- The countenances of many a parishioner reflected shock and insult, as if the Lord Jesus had just spat in their faces—to deem them sacrilegious.†
p. 232.1 *sacrilegious = disrespectful of something others consider important -- especially something sacred
- Owen and I hated the latter: in his view, they were SACRILEGIOUS; in my opinion, they were boring.†
p. 263.7
- IT IS A SACRILEGE FOR YOU TO BE HERE!†
p. 570.7
- That is what I thought about Owen's funeral: that it was a SACRILEGE for the Meanys to be there.†
p. 570.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(sacrilege) disrespect of something others consider important or sacred
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)