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Show I"" LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY j Today's word Is SACR1 1,EOIOi;S I It's pronounced sak-rl-lee-Jus." with accent slightly on the first and re .I" 'Tiji,.; . .Ijifli : iie third syllable. It la "oftftp," Webster remarks. ,-ct-rouneousiy pronounced, even by edu-cated edu-cated speakers, as If spelt sacrellg- I ioux." j It means In violation or profana-'tion profana-'tion of sacred things It comes fruni Latin "sacrlle-giis." "sacrlle-giis." that gathers or picks up saercd things; a combination of the two Latin Lat-in words "saerare." sacred or holy, and lOgere," t read or gather. Its used like this "Any suggestion sugges-tion that their country" has not the right to use force If Germany should default In repriratlonn payments is tn ated ly Frenc h statesmen as almost j sacrilegious." |