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Profane
profane
(profanes, profaning, profaned) 1. Profane behaviour shows disrespect for a religion or religious things. (FORMAL) ...profane language. ADJ 2. Something that is profane is concerned with everyday life rather than religion and spiritual things. Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes. ? spiritual ADJ 3. If someone profanes a religious belief or institution, they treat it with disrespect. (FORMAL) They have profaned the long upheld traditions of the Church. VERB: V n
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I. transitive verb (~d; profaning) Etymology: Middle English prophanen, from Anglo-French prophaner, from Latin profanare, from profanus Date: 14th century 1. to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt ; desecrate 2. to debase by a wrong, unworthy, or vulgar use • ~r noun II. adjective Etymology: Middle English prophane, from Middle French, from Latin profanus, from pro- before + fanum temple — more at pro-, feast Date: 15th century 1. not concerned with religion or religious purposes ; secular 2. not holy because unconsecrated, impure, or defiled ; unsanctified 3. a. serving to debase or defile what is holy ; irreverent b. obscene, vulgar 4. a. not being among the initiated b. not possessing esoteric or expert knowledge • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & v. --adj. 1 not belonging to what is sacred or biblical; secular. 2 irreverent, blasphemous. 3 (of a rite etc.) heathen. 4 not initiated into religious rites or any esoteric knowledge. --v.tr. 1 treat (a sacred thing) with irreverence or disregard. 2 violate or pollute (what is entitled to respect). Derivatives profanation n. profanely adv. profaneness n. profaner n. Etymology: ME prophane f. OF prophane or med.L prophanus f. L profanus before (i.e. outside) the temple, not sacred (as PRO-(1), fanum temple) PROFANITY n. (pl. -ies) 1 a profane act. 2 profane language; blasphemy. Etymology: LL profanitas (as PROFANE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. собир. церк. непосвященные 2. мирской, светский profane art —- светское искусство 3. церк. непосвященный 4. церк. неосвященный 5. языческий profane rites —- языческие обряды 6. нечестивый, богохульный profane words —- богохульные слова 7. простой; грубый; вульгарный 8. профанировать, осквернять to profane a shrine —- осквернять святилище 9. позорить; марать; пятнать to profane the name of God —- богохульствовать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) мирской; светский 2) непосвященный 3) нечестивый, богохульный 4) языческий Syn: see worldly 2. v. осквернять; профанировать ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 adj 1 showing disrespect for God or for holy things, using rude words, or religious words wrongly (a profane action | uttering profane curses) 2 formal not religious, ordinary or holy but dealing with human life (sacred and profane art) (- opposite sacred) - ~ly adv ~2 v formal to treat something holy in a disrespectful way - profanation n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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