4. profane not initiated into religious rites or mysteries.
5. profane coarse or vulgar.
6. (v.t.)profane to misuse (anything sacred or holy); defile; debase.
Etymology: (1350–1400; (adj.) ME < L profānus secular, sacrilegious)
Definition of 'profane'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)blasphemous, blue, profane characterized by profanity or cursing "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
2. (adj)profane, secular not concerned with or devoted to religion "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
3. (adj)profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
4. (verb)blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
5. (verb)corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
6. (verb)desecrate, profane, outrage, violate violate the sacred character of a place or language "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
Definition of 'profane'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)profane not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place
2. (adj)profane unclean; impure; polluted; unholy
3. (adj)profane treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious
4. (adj)profane irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue
5. (adj)profane to violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God
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