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Meaning of 'profane'
Meaning of 'profane' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Profane 
[ 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. [ a.]- Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
- Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
- Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
- 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 put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
Meaning of 'profane' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. profane [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example in sentence:
- corrupt the morals;
- debauch the young people with wine and women;
- Do school counselors subvert young children?;
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Meaning (2):
- violate the sacred character of a place or language
- violate the sacred character of a place or language
Example in sentence:
- desecrate a cemetery;
- profane the name of God;
- violate the sanctity of the church
2. profane [ a]
[ a]Meaning (3):
- not concerned with or devoted to religion
- not concerned with or devoted to religion
Example in sentence:
- children being brought up in an entirely profane environment;
- sacred and profane music;
- secular architecture;
- secular drama
3. profane [ s]
[ s]Meaning (4):
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Example in sentence:
- blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath;
- it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on;
- profane utterances against the Church
Meaning (5):
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- characterized by profanity or cursing
Example in sentence:
- blue language;
- foul-mouthed and blasphemous;
- profane words
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