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unprofane

adjective

characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular (opposed to sacred).
unholy; heathen; pagan: profane rites.
not initiated into religious rites or mysteries, as persons.
common or vulgar.

verb (used with object), pro·faned, pro·fan·ing.

to misuse (anything that should be held in reverence or respect); defile; debase; employ basely or unworthily.
to treat (anything sacred) with irreverence or contempt; violate the sanctity of: to profane a shrine.

adjective

having or indicating contempt, irreverence, or disrespect for a divinity or something sacred
not designed or used for religious purposes; secular
not initiated into the inner mysteries or sacred rites
vulgar, coarse, or blasphemousprofane language

verb (tr)

to treat or use (something sacred) with irreverence
to put to an unworthy or improper use

v.late 14c., from Old French profaner, prophaner (13c.) and directly from Latin profanare “to desecrate, render unholy, violate,” from profanus “unholy, not consecrated” (see profane (adj.)). Related: Profaned; profaning. adj.mid-15c., “un-ecclesiastical, secular,” from Old French profane (12c.) and directly from Latin profanus “unholy, not consecrated,” according to Barnhart from pro fano “not admitted into the temple (with the initiates),” literally “out in front of the temple,” from pro- “before” (see pro-) + fano, ablative of fanum “temple” (see feast (n.)). Sense of “unholy, polluted” is recorded from c.1500. Related: Profanely.