Both Uses
sacrilege
in
Oryx and Crake
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- It's ...sacrilegious.†
p. 57.3sacrilegious = disrespectful of something others consider important -- especially something sacred
- They'd been made to commit sacrilegious acts involving reptiles.†
p. 254.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(sacrilege) disrespect of something others consider important or sacred
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)