SACRILEGIOUS

(adj.) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
"blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath", "profane utterances against the Church", "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
synonyms : blasphemous , profane
Galileo’s heliocentric theory was regarded by the Church as the profane utterances of a mad man. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for sacrilegious

(Tag: ) sacrilegious can be split as SAC(k) + RELIGIOUS(religious) beliefs. So one who sacks religious beliefs will commit PROFANE acts... ie speak against..
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(Tag: ) sacred image ke aage LEG rakhna is sacrilegious
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(Tag: ) Concentrate on first half part of the word- Sacri,,treat it as sacrifice..Nw sacrilegious means one who shows lack of respect to GOD,,so he wud neva sacrifice for GOD.
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(Tag: ) one who does not sacrifies for religious things is sacrilegious.
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(Tag: ) SACRILEGIOUS and IMPIOUS are rhyming words which refer to someone who is blasphemous, who shows disrespect to something that is sacred.
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