FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

a unclean | Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.

a Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.

a 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.

n A person or thing that is profane.

n (freemasonry) A person not a Mason.

v (transitive) 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.

v (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.