The consecrated, hallowed ground should be sacrosanct

Sacrilege: A violation of what is sacred – so says my Little Oxford Pocket Dictionary. But that doesn’t go far enough, so I look further.

The Random House Dictionary of the English Language – unabridged.

Sacrilege, it says: 1. the violation or profanation of anything sacred or anything held sacred. 2. the stealing of anything consecrated to the service of God.