sacrileger arch.
(ˈsækrɪlɪdʒə(r))
Also 4 sacrelegir, sacrilegeer, 5 sacrilegier, 6 sacre-, sacryleger, sacriledger, -leager.
[f. sacrilege n.1 or v. + -er1.]
One who commits sacrilege.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 273 Curseden [read curseder] sacrelegires þan bodily þeves þat breken chirchis and stelen chalicis, vestementis, or nevere so moche gold out of hem. 1395 Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 49 A sacrilegeer, that is, a theef of holi thingis. ? a 1500 in Becon Reliq. Rome (1563) 253 Al sacrilegiers, y{supt} is to say, al y{supt} wrongfulliche doen away any thing halowed. a 1500 in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 175 All sacrelegers whiche goodes of chirchis perteyning..aweye taken. 1614 Raleigh Hist. World iv. i. §4 II. 162 [They] for refusall were exposed as Sacrilegers, and accursed to all their Neighbour-Nations. 1642 Bp. Morton Presentm. of Schismatic 25 Thou Sacrileger art as ill as the Idolater is. 1838 G. S. Faber Inquiry 444 These imposters, sacrilegers, and idolators, ought..to be removed from their degree. 1883 Cornh. Mag. Apr. 453 The adulterer and the sacrileger. |