So even that which we call profane, even that which we call diabolical is a different face of the same divine intelligence. The word profane comes from the Latin profanus which literally means from the temple. adjective not concerned with or devoted to religion.verb violate the sacred character of a place or language.adjective characterized by profanity or cursing.verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.adjective grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred.adjective not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled.verb transitive To put to a wrong or unworthy use to make a base employment of to debase to abuse to defile.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.verb transitive 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.noun A person or thing that is profane.
Hence, specifically Irreverent in language taking the name of God in vain given to swearing blasphemous as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
adjective Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity blasphemous, impious. adjective Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated relating to non-religious matters, secular. adjective Unclean ritually impure unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing. 
adjective Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity irreverent impious.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. adjective Unclean impure polluted unholy. adjective Not sacred or holy not possessing peculiar sanctity unconsecrated hence, relating to matters other than sacred secular - opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired. transitive verb To put to a wrong or unworthy use to make a base employment of to debase to abuse to defile. transitive verb To violate, as anything sacred to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt to desecrate to pollute. To speak or behave blasphemously or profanely.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. To make known make common: said of something confined to an initiated few. To put to a wrong use employ basely or unworthily. To treat as if not sacred or deserving reverence violate, as anything sacred treat with irreverence, impiety, or contempt pollute desecrate. (see irreligious) irreverent, sacrilegious. Not initiated into certain religious rites hence, of less dignity or standing inferior common. Irreverent toward God or holy things speaking or spoken, acting or acted, in manifest or implied contempt of sacred things blasphemous: as, profane language profane swearing. 
Not sacred, or not devoted to sacred purposes not possessing any peculiar sanctity unconsecrated secular: as, a profane place profane history (that is, history other than Biblical) profane authors. transitive verb To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use abuse. transitive verb To treat with irreverence. adjective Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual uninitiated. adjective Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use secular. adjective Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred. From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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