King James Bible Dictionary

Profaning holy things.

Forbidden
Leviticus 19:8; 1 Corinthians 3:17; Titus 1:11; 1 Peter 5:2

Instances of:

Esau sells his birthright
Genesis 25:33

Nadab and Abihu offer strange fire
Leviticus 10:1-7; Numbers 3:4

Of Uzzah
2 Samuel 6:6-7

Of Uzziah
2 Chronicles 26:16-21

Of Korah and his company
Numbers 16:40

Of the people of Beth-Shemesh
1 Samuel 6:19

Of Ahaz
2 Chronicles 28:24

Of money changers in the temple
Matthew 21:12-13; Luke 19:45; John 2:14-16

Of those who profaned the holy eucharist
1 Corinthians 11:29

SAC'RILEGE, noun [Latin sacrilegium; sacer, sacred, and lego, to take or steal.]

The crime of violating or profaning sacred things; or 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.