Profane
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- Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
- Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
- Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; blasphemous, 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.
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Etymology
From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).
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Synonyms
- secular
- temporal
- worldly
- unsanctified
- unhallowed
- unholy
- irreligious
- irreverent
- ungodly
- wicked
- godless
- impious
- vulgar
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