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
They were likewise solemnly engaged to employ their official influence and authority to put away systems that had been abjured in the National vows,—Popery, Prelacy and Erastianism, and to discourage all profaneness and ungodliness.
From The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony by Thomas Houston
These plans were readily and cheerfully adopted by the boys, and in a short time, the vice of profaneness was, in a great degree, banished from the school.
From The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Jacob Abbott
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
In an age notorious for laxity and profaneness, it was only too obvious that great professions of tolerance were in very many cases only the fair-sounding disguise of flippant scepticism or shallow indifference.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey
