Definition of profane
- 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. - 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. - 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.
- a. - To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base
employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.