Irreverent to any thing sacred; applied to persons. A man is profane when he takes the name of God in vain, or treats sacred things with abuse and irreverence.

Irreverent; proceeding from a contempt of sacred things, or implying it; as profane words or language; profane swearing.

Not sacred; secular; relating to secular things; as profane history.

Polluted; not pure. Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.

Not purified or holy; allowed for common use; as a profane place. Ezekiel 42:20; Ezekiel 48:15.

Obscene; heathenish; tending to bring reproach on religion; as profane fables. 7 Timothy 4:7. Profane is used chiefly in Scripture in opposition to holy, or qualified ceremonially for sacred services.

To violate any thing sacred, or treat it with abuse, irreverence, obloquy or contempt; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the sabbath; to profane the Scriptures or the ordinances of God.

To pollute; to defile; to apply to temporal uses; to use as base or common. Ezekiel 24:21.

To violate. Malachi 2:10-11.

To pollute; to debase. Leviticus 21:4.

To put to a wrong use.