Definizione monolingua

profane

profane (third-person singular simple present profanes, present participle profaning, simple past and past participle profaned)

1. (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.
2. (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

profane (plural profanes)

1. A person or thing that is profane.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 244:

     The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted.

2. (freemasonry) A person not a Mason.

profane (comparative profaner or more profane, superlative profanest or most profane)

1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
3. 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.

Definizione dizionario profane

	profanare
	Non rispettare il carattere sacro di.
	Not to respect the sacred character of.

	dissacrare
	Rimuovere il carattere sacro di una persona o di un oggetto.
	Remove the consecration from a person or an object.

	sconsacrare
	Rimuovere il carattere sacro di una persona o di un oggetto.
	Remove the consecration from a person or an object.

blasfemo

disprezzare

empio

laico

profano

sacrilego

Altri significati:

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

A person or thing that is profane.

(freemasonry) A person not a Mason.

Treating sacred matters with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity

Not sacred or holy

(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.

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.

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

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