commit sacrilege

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"You shall not touch the dead," she cried; "kill me but do not commit sacrilege."

From A Noble Woman by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

Consequently, our feelings—" "Enough, Balthazar! you terrify me; you commit sacrilege.

From The Alkahest by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

In what other ways besides the unworthy reception of the Sacraments may persons commit sacrilege?

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous

You that abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

From The New Testament Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Verses. by Sawyer, Leicester A. (Leicester Ambrose)

And with a trembling hand, as if about to commit sacrilege, she opened the case, and drew from it a ruby of great brilliancy and beauty.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 by Chambers, Robert