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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sac·ri·lege /ˈsækrəlɪʤ/
 褻瀆聖物,冒瀆,悖理逆天的行為

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sac·ri·lege 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sacrilege
      n : blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its
          sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" [syn:
           profanation, desecration, blasphemy]