sacrilege

violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object, site or person
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sacrilege
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sacrilege

Summary

sacrilege ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (742 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sacrilege is a type of insult[2].
  • sacrilege is a type of religious crime[3].
  • sacrilege's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[4].
  • sacrilege's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[5].
  • sacrilege's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[6].
  • sacrilege's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • sacrilege's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • sacrilege's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[9].
  • sacrilege's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • sacrilege's different from is recorded as sacrilege[11].
  • sacrilege's practiced by is recorded as Q116509572[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include insult[2] and religious crime[3].

Why It Matters

sacrilege ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (742 views/month).[1] sacrilege has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] sacrilege is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Otto's encyclopedia, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon +4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  2. 3d ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 s/sacrilegio
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: s/sacrilegio, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  3. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by Q116509572
    Different from sacrilege
    Subclass of
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Otto's encyclopedia, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon +4
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007551178905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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