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profane
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Adjective
  • 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
  • not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
  • not concerned with or devoted to religion
    • sacred and profane music
    • secular drama
    • secular architecture, children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
  • characterized by profanity or cursing
    • foul-mouthed and blasphemous
    • blue language
    • profane words
Verb
  • violate the sacred character of a place or language
    • desecrate a cemetery
    • violate the sanctity of the church
    • profane the name of God
  • 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
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