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profane

/pɹəˈfeɪn/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A person or thing that is profane.
  2. A person not a Mason.
  3. To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
  4. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
  5. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
  6. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
  7. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
  8. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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