Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things.
A person or thing that is profane.
The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted.
A person not a Mason.
From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).
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Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
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Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.