Визначення слова «profane» мовою англійська

adjective

1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.

2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.

   • profane authors

3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.

4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.

   • a profane person, word, oath, or tongue

noun

1. A person or thing that is profane.

2. (Freemasonry) A person not a Mason.

verb

1. (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate

   • One should not profane the name of God.
   • to profane the Scriptures

2. (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.