Profane

pro·fane

adjective, verb,

 

 

–adjective

1.

characterized by irreverence or contempt for god or sacred principles or things; irreligious.

2.

not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular ( opposed to sacred).

3.

unholy; heathen; pagan: profane rites.

4.

not initiated into religious rites or mysteries, as persons.

5.

common or vulgar.

 

–verb (used with object)

6.

to misuse (anything that should be held in reverence or respect); defile; debase; employ basely or unworthily.

7.

to treat (anything sacred) with irreverence or contempt; violate the sanctity of: to profane a shrine.