The word
"sacrilege" refers to the act of disrespecting or violating something holy or sacred. It suggests showing disrespect towards religious beliefs, sacred objects, or important traditions.
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Today, the People's National Party has come out to condemn the demolition of the archeological site, saying, «We consider this an act
of sacrilege against all indigenous people, especially the Mayan community,...
Series creator Chris Carter admits he considered updating the signature opening credits, but «it seemed
like sacrilege» to do so.
Naboth can not part with the property which he has inherited from his (ancestors) without committing
sacrilege against himself and his kindred, so closely do kindred and property belong together. . . .
After the Angel of Darkness debacle, Eidos committed what some games fans saw
as sacrilege by instructing Crystal Dynamics, a developer based in San Francisco, to start work on the next Tomb Raider game with a back - to - basics approach.
Their rude sheen is a kind of
sacrilege in the soft - focus medium of acrylic (the belief, deriving in fact from Helen Frankenthaler's paintings of the early Fifties, being that the paint should sink in and dye the canvas like a fabric).
This is one of my family's favorites that I grew up eating every year and it's really
almost sacrilege that it has taken me so long to share it.
This may
seem sacrilege if you are steadfast believer in all things made from scratch, but for me, it's a straightforward and time - saving shortcut, especially if you're not eating gluten for dietary, or other, reasons.
Jayadeva, legend has it, hesitant to
commit sacrilege by having deity touch Radha's feet, was unable to pen the last lines, and went out to bathe.
The plundering of the stone was
considered sacrilege by many and a curse was said to have been put on Howsham Hall and its owners in perpetuity.
That move was considered
sacrilege by some; today, though, it's a major part of the lineup, and frankly makes the on - road performance of the Jeep very liveable.
This is
not sacrilege: the essential first step for entrepreneurial company owners who want to build wealth and financial security is acknowledging the need to divert their assets from their companies.
Also will you scream
sacrilege if I tell you I think I like this better than brownies?
For when any one vitally believes that anything is sacred he will shrink
from sacrilege.
Thus Giotto brought to painting a power that was new in Christian art: the power of locating
without sacrilege a sacred scene in a world resembling that of everyday life.5 Thereby Giotto discovered the gospel as being latently present throughout the created world.
Driven back he may be through all his outward defenses, but his victory lies at last in that inextinguishable resentment against
sacrilege which rises up even at the last moment to cry «No, before God — not that!»
... Have to wait until tomorrow before I can bake, as I am out of honey!!!! (
sacrilege!!)
This is
complete sacrilege because mango is always my favourite, but this time the blueberry was actually the star of the show.
The Man of Sin will appear, claiming divine honours, and will commit a
horrible sacrilege in the Temple of God.
Another reason for the persecution is that Christians were called as atheists and charged with
sacrilege because they did not worship the gods of the state.
Ivan rejects all such theodicies because they belittle innocent suffering and thus commit
unforgivable sacrilege against innocent sufferers.
Vince McMahon was forced to respond to an act which some
deemed sacrilege, and since Hall and Nash had left the company, and Michaels was the WWE champion, the only man left to take the hit was Levesque.
Turner Prize winning artists Jeremy Deller and Wolfgang Tillmans announced as headliners at Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (20 April 2012 — 7 May 2012) Jeremy Deller, winner of the Turner Prize in 2004, will be presenting a major new, interactive public artwork
called Sacrilege.
Studio Sacrilege: Amy Hughes Braden, Roxana Alger Geffen, Jackie Milad and Rebecca Grace Jones: Small Worlds On view through Oct. 11 and Oct. 25, respectively, at District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW.
Indeed, we may regard the demand for an explanation as a kind of absurdity or
even sacrilege.
Such
blatant sacrilege is intensified by Fargeat's gift for frenzied imagery; the film's desert scuffles evoke the overheated, camera - shuttling insanity of Oliver Stone's U Turn.
Yet the people accused him of
sacrilege when he healed the lame man at the Pool of Bethesda on the sabbath.
Yet the rambunctious crowd, calmed by the simple tune, sobered by its unapologetically nostalgic message, seemed not to notice the
mellow sacrilege amid blatant bathos.
Being solidly in November, it's no
longer sacrilege to start talking about what to eat on the big day.
Though sacrilege in some circles, I used a cream cheese icing to make the traditional crosses simply because I think the tartness of the cheese complements the sweetness of the bread better.
I may have just created the
most sacrilege, awful version of banana cream pie ever heard of.
He does it in the middle of the ball game, so there's an
inherent sacrilege and an element of danger that can be very appealing.
For moms who produce too much milk and typically freeze the surplus, being faced with having to «pump and dump» borders on
lactation sacrilege.
I really like the pretzel flavor but my daughter feels that eating anything other than the originals is
total sacrilege!