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Profane Meaning in French |
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sacrilège
, profaner
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Profane
- (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
- (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
- (a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
- (a.) 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.
Synonyms:
Blasphemous, Blue, Corrupt, Debase, Debauch, Demoralize, Deprave, Desecrate, Misdirect, Outrage, Pervert, Sacrilegious, Subvert, Violate, Vitiate,
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• Profanely
- (adv.) In a profane manner.
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• Profaneness
- (n.) The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language.
Synonyms:
Unsanctification,
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