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Profane
adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
"Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things."
- 2 Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
"profane authors"
- 3 Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
- 4 Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
"a profane person, word, oath, or tongue"
Adjective
- 1 characterized by profanity or cursing wordnet
- 2 grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred wordnet
- 3 not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled wordnet
- 4 not concerned with or devoted to religion wordnet
Noun
- 1 A person or thing that is profane.
"The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted."
- 2 A person not a Mason.
Verb
- 1 To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate transitive
"One should not profane the name of God."
- 2 violate the sacred character of a place or language wordnet
- 3 To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile. transitive
- 4 corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).
Etymology 2
From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).
Etymology 3
From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).
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