profane

verb

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Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfeɪn/

Etymology: From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”).

Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
“Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things.”
Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
“profane authors”
“A sonnet in praise of Rome was accepted as the effusion of genius and gratitude; and after the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.”
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
“a profane person, word, oath, or tongue”
“the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane”

Etymology: From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”).

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.”
A person not a Mason.

Etymology: From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”).

To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
“One should not profane the name of God.”
“to profane the Scriptures”
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.