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profane
/pɹəˈfeɪn/
noun
A person or thing that is profane.
A person not a Mason.
verb
To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
"One should not profane the name of God."
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
adjective
Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
"profane authors"
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
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