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Profane Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Profane?
[adj] characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
[adj] 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" [adj] not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled [adj] not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" [v] violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" [v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Profane: blasphemous | blue | corrupt | debase | debauch | demoralise | demoralize | deprave | desecrate | dirty | irreverent | laic | lay | misdirect | outrage | pervert | profanatory | sacrilegious | secular | secularised | secularized | subvert | temporal | unconsecrated | unhallowed | unholy | unsanctified | violate | vitiate | worldly Related Terms | Find terms related to Profane: See Also | alter | assail | assault | attack | bastardise | bastardize | carnalise | carnalize | change | earthly | impious | infect | lead astray | lead off | poison | sensualise | sensualize | set on | suborn | whore Profane In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*fane"\, a. [F., fr. L. profanus, properly, before
the temple, i. e., without the temple, unholy; pro before +
fanum temple. See 1st {Fane}.]
1. 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. ``Profane authors.'' --I.
Disraeli.
The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.
--Gibbon.
2. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.
--Sir W.
Raleigh.
3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect,
irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the
name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a
profane person, word, oath, or tongue. --1 Tim. i. 9.
Syn: Secular; temporal; worldly; unsanctified; unhallowed;
unholy; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; wicked;
godless; impious. See {Impious}.
\Pro*fane"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profaning}.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See {Profane}, a.] 1. 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. The priests in the temple profane the sabbath. --Matt. xii. 5. 2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. So idly to profane the precious time. --Shak. |
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