–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.
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