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profaner

Variant of profane

adjective

  1. not connected with religion or religious matters; secular: profane art
  2. not initiated into the inner mysteries or esoteric knowledge of something
  3. not hallowed or consecrated
  4. showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things; irreverent

transitive verb profaned, profaning

  1. to treat (sacred things) with irreverence or contempt; desecrate
  2. to put to a base or improper use; debase; defile

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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