Found 3 items, similar to Profane.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: profane
profane
v 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” [syn:
corrupt,
pervert,
subvert,
demoralize,
demoralise,
debauch,
debase,
vitiate,
deprave,
misdirect]
2: violate the sacred character of a place or language;
“desecrate a cemetary”;
“violate the sanctity of the
church”;
“profane the name of God” [syn:
desecrate,
outrage,
violate]
profane
adj 1: characterized by profanity or cursing;
“foul-mouthed and
blasphemous”;
“blue language”;
“profane words” [syn:
blasphemous,
blue]
2: not sacred or concerned with religion;
“sacred and profane
music”;
“children being brought up in an entirely profane
environment” [ant:
sacred]
3: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled [syn:
unconsecrated,
unsanctified]
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” [syn:
blasphemous,
sacrilegious]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Profane
Profane
\Pro*fane"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Profaned; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Profaning.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See
Profane, a.]
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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.
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The priests in the temple profane the sabbath.
--Matt. xii.
5.
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2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base
employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
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So idly to profane the precious time. --Shak.
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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.]
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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.
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The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.
--Gibbon.
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2. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
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Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.
--Sir W.
Raleigh.
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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.
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Syn: Secular; temporal; worldly; unsanctified; unhallowed;
unholy; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; wicked;
godless; impious. See
Impious.
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