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SACRILEGE,
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SACRILEGE, the crime of violating or profaning sacred things. Rom 2:22. The Jews at some periods were eminently guilty in this particular, inasmuch as they withheld the tithes and offerings which God required of them, Mal 3:8-10, and converted his holy temple into a market. Matt 21:12-13.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SACRILEGE, the crime of violating or profaning sacred things. Rom 2:22. The Jews at some periods were eminently guilty in this particular, inasmuch as they withheld the tithes and offerings which God required of them, Mal 3:8-10, and converted his holy temple into a market. Matt 21:12-13.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; 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. Spenser. Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege. South.