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Showing disrespect toward something regarded as sacred.

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sacrilegious

The character's sacrilegious joke offends the temple's guardians.
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In the fantasy novel, using a revered ceremonial cloth as a floor rag is sacrilegious to the community that regards the cloth as sacred.
From A Fantasy Novel and Its Readers.
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