profane
adjective
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
profaneness
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a word derived from
profane.
Example Sentences
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Incidentally, the habit of Collier and his followers of giving excerpts to illustrate the profaneness and immorality of the stage produced an unexpected effect in at least one quarter.
From Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage (1704); Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady (1704) by Anonymous
There is something very much nobler here than in Esau's profaneness.
From Misread Passage of Scriptures by Brown, James Baldwin
To some it may seem a profaneness to turn those old legends into verse.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
The mediæval mind was oppressed by a sense of the foreignness and profaneness of Nature.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various
It is not too late," said the old officer, "if you will listen calmly, and learn that there is no necessity for such profaneness as you have used.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
