PROFANE

profane. profane, vngodly, not consecrated, or vnhallowing that which was holy.

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profane. Profane, a. ungodly, wicked, polluted, common

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Pro‐fane″ (?), a. [[F., fr. L. profanus, properly, before the temple, i.e., without the temple, unholy; pro before + fanum temple. See 1st Fane.]] 1. 1. 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. “Profane authors.” I. Disraeli.
The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine. Gibbon. 2. 2. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things. Sir W. Raleigh. 3. 3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; 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. 1 Tim. i. 9.
Syn. — Secular; temporal; worldly; unsanctified; unhallowed; unholy; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; wicked; godless; impious. See Impious.