sac·ri·lege  (sāk'rə-lĭj)  n. Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus, one who steals sacred things : sacer, sacred; see sacred + legere, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots.] sac'ri·le'gist (sāk'rə-lē'jĭst) n. |