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Desecration of New Age relics (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sacrilege

'desecration' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'new age relics' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'age'+'relics'='agerelics'
'agerelics' anagrammed gives 'SACRILEGE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for sacrilege that I've seen before include "Religious violation" , "Blasphemy" , "Misuse of something sacred" , "Violation of something holy" , "Gross irreverence" .)

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