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Princeton's WordNet

  1. profaned, violatedadjective

    treated irreverently or sacrilegiously

Wiktionary

  1. profanedadjective

    Treated with irreverence or lacking due respect.

  2. Etymology: From the past and past participle of the verb profane.

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  1. profaned

    Profaned generally refers to treating something sacred, important or respected with irreverence, disrespect or contempt; violating or desecrating it. It can be used in religious context where it means to violate or misuse anything that should be treated with respect or care.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Profaned

    of Profane

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of profaned in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of profaned in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of profaned in a Sentence

  1. Christen Kuikoua:

    In the name of knowledge, forbidden knowing gained, Sacred boundaries crossed, wisdom profaned.

  2. John Donne:

    Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.

  3. Communist Manifesto:

    All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.

  4. John Calvin:

    Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain....The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every branch of learning. Nay more, we may affirm this too with truth, that these choice gifts of God -- expertness of mind, acuteness of judgment, liberal sciences, and acquaintance with languages, are in a manner profaned in every instance in which they fall to the lot of wicked men.

  5. John Donne:

    Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.

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