Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who profanes, or who by words or actions treats sacred things with irreverence; a user of profane language.
- noun A polluter; a defiler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
profanes . A person whodesecrates ordefiles . - adjective
comparative form ofprofane : moreprofane
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Examples
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Hopefully, my inner profaner will be back at some propitious time.
Some cynical nihilism, or, a revolution in the People’s Republic Alix Mortimer 2008
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Her claim to fame is that she is a potty mouthed profaner of God.
"The 20 Most Obnoxious Anti-Palin Quotes So Far." Ann Althouse 2008
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Ricci, the General of the Jesuits, or Robespierre, the profaner of the sanctuary, Napoleon or Vautrin.
Balzac 2003
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His own image started forth a profaner of the cloister,
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Picton expressed his admiration in stronger and profaner language.
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
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General of the Jesuits, or Robespierre, the profaner of the sanctuary,
Balzac Frederick Lawton
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Their shoes are high and of many soles, the outside whereof of the profaner sort are plated over with a lift of silver, which is fastened with small nails with broad silver heads.
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Miss Prissy, turning out all profaner persons from the apartment, held
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various
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At that moment he appeared to himself in the light of a profaner, although he was obeying generous and humane instincts.
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"Where are you going, unhappy profaner of ecclesiastical psalmody?"
The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Anonymous
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