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English to English adjective
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not concerned with or devoted to religion |  | Example: sacred and profane music
secular drama
secular architecture
children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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characterized by profanity or cursing | | Example: foul-mouthed and blasphemous
blue language
profane words
source: wordnet30
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not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled | | source: wordnet30
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grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | | Example: blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
profane utterances against the Church
it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
source: wordnet30 verb
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corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | | Example: debauch the young people with wine and women
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Do school counselors subvert young children?
corrupt the morals
source: wordnet30
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violate the sacred character of a place or language | | Example: desecrate a cemetery
violate the sanctity of the church
profane the name of God
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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