profane
adjective/prəˈfeɪn/
/prəˈfeɪn/
- (formal) having or showing a lack of respect for God or religion
- profane language
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- (specialist) not connected with religion or holy things synonym secular
- songs of sacred and profane love
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘heathen’): from Old French prophane, from Latin profanus ‘outside the temple, not sacred’, from pro- (from Latin pro ‘before’) + fanum ‘temple’.
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