profane
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Freemasonry
freemasonry
lifestyle
Etymology: From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”).
Inflected forms:
form: profaner
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more profane
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: profanest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most profane
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: prophane
pos: adj
tags: alternative
hypercorrect
obsolete
form: profanes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: prophane
pos: noun
tags: alternative
hypercorrect
obsolete
form: profanes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: profaning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: profaned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: profaned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: prophane
pos: verb
tags: alternative
hypercorrect
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
pos: adj
examples: Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things.
gloss: Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
pos: adj
examples: profane authors
A sonnet in praise of Rome was accepted as the effusion of genius and gratitude; and after the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.
The sacred is the emotional force which connects the part to the whole; the profane or the secular is that which has been broken off from, or has fallen off, its emotional bond to the universe.
gloss: Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
pos: adj
gloss: Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
pos: adj
examples: a profane person, word, oath, or tongue
the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane
When asked to explain why he became a landlord, he told the Archbishop of York it was so he could close the pub on Sundays, and suppress the profane language and singing that came through the bar windows.
gloss: A person or thing that is profane.
pos: noun
examples: The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted.
gloss: A person not a Mason.
pos: noun
gloss: To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: One should not profane the name of God.
to profane the Scriptures
VVhen the vulgar ſort / Sit on their Ale-bench, vvith their cups and kannes, / Matters of ſtate be not their common talke, / Nor pure religion by their lips prophande.
With one mind, their intent eyes all fastened upon the old man’s knife, as he carved the chief dish before him. I do not suppose that for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather.
gloss: To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: Synonyms: vulgar
inappropriate
obscene
debased
uncouth
offensive
ignoble
mean
lewd
wicked
unhallow
Antonyms: consecrate
sanctify
Related words: fan
fanatic
fane
profanation
profanatory
profanity
Derived words: nonprofane
profanely
profaneness
profanic
semiprofane
unprofane
profanable
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