secular, not consecrated; agnostic, heretical; vulgar; unholy, not sacred; serving to desecrate what is sacred, blasphemous
desecrate what is sacred, blaspheme; defile, contaminate, make impure
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Profane Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Profane Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
(a.)
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
(a.)
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.
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.
(a.)
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
(a.)
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.
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.
(a.)
Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutIrreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
profane
\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." disraeli. the profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.
2. unclean; impure; polluted; unholy. nothing is profane that serveth to holy things. 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. i. 9.
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise
(derivation) profanation
2. violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
(synonym) desecrate, outrage, violate
(hypernym) assail, assault, set on, attack
(derivation) profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege
Adjective
1. characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
(synonym) blasphemous, blue
(similar) dirty
2. not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
(antonym) sacred
(similar) laic, lay, secular
(see-also) earthly
3. not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
(synonym) unconsecrated, unsanctified
(similar) unholy, unhallowed
4. 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"
(synonym) blasphemous, sacrilegious
(similar) irreverent
Profane Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Elements which belong to the ordinary everyday world rather than the supernatural (see also SACRED).
Profane Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Profane may refer to:
- Sinfulness or Sacrilege - acts which violate the divine, see also blasphemy
- Profanity - foul language
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Profane Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
PROFANE - That which has not been consecrated. By a profane place is understood one which is neither sacred, nor sanctified, nor religious.
PROFANELY - In a profane manner. In an indictment, under the act of assembly of PennsylPROFANELYvania, against profanity, it is requisite that the words should be laid to have been spoken profanely.
PROFANENESS OR PROFANITY - A disrespect to the name of God, or his divine providence. This is variously punished by statute in the several states.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.PROFANELY - In a profane manner. In an indictment, under the act of assembly of PennsylPROFANELYvania, against profanity, it is requisite that the words should be laid to have been spoken profanely.
PROFANENESS OR PROFANITY - A disrespect to the name of God, or his divine providence. This is variously punished by statute in the several states.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
