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# profane

«profane» in Mova's school dictionary: **rude, offensive or shows no respect for religion; swearing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (profane); verb (profane, profanes, profaned, profaning) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) Profane language is rude, offensive or shows no respect for religion; swearing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#m1)

2) (formal) Profane means not religious, ordinary and everyday, as opposed to sacred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#m2)

3) (formal) To profane a holy place or thing is to treat it with disrespect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school rules «profane language» means swearing, which is not allowed. In religious education «sacred and profane» means holy and ordinary. In stories it shows a character's bad manners or disrespect. It belongs to the formal register.

### examples

- (formal) Profane language is not permitted in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#x1)
- The film was rated for its profane words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#x2)
- He was told off for a profane joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#x3)
- (formal) The invaders profaned the temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#x4)
- Sacred music and profane music were both played. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#x5)
- His profane shouting upset the neighbours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#x6)
- (formal) Profane remarks will result in a detention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#x7)
- The poem mixes the holy and the profane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/#x8)

### note

Formal word. Noun: profanity. Pronounced pro-FAYN. Do not confuse with «profound» (deep).

### In the corpora

- [And ye shall not swear by My name falsely, so that thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.553/)
- [He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.610/)
- [And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.621/)
- [And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.646/)
- [Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.968/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «profane» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profane/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.