Definisjon av Profane

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Adjective

profane - not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
secular
sacred (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President"
earthly of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"
impious lacking piety or reverence for a god
worldly, secular, temporal characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
laic, lay, secular characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"
profane - not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
unconsecrated, unsanctified
Profane - grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious
irreverent showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"
Profane - characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
blasphemous, blue, profane
dirty unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"
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Substantiv

Profane - A person or thing that is profane.
Profane - A person not a Mason.

Verb

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

Adjektiv

Profane - Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
Profane - Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
Profane - Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; blasphemous, 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.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • Profane
    To remove the consecration from a person or an object.
  • Profane
    Not to respect the sacred character of.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: profane
  • Komparativ: profaner / more profane
  • Superlativ: profanest / most profane

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