profane

  1. Adjective.  Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
  2. Adjective.  Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
  3. Adjective.  Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; blasphemous, impious. Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
  4. Noun.  A person or thing that is profane.
  5. Noun.  (freemasonry) A person not a Mason.
  6. 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.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

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