profane
adjective
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
profaner
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a word derived from
profane.
Example Sentences
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Her sainthood was so accomplished, her union with heaven so complete, that she could afford herself these profaner sympathies.
From The Helpmate by May Sinclair
He denied that he was a profaner of the true worship, or that he had ever striven to bring religion into contempt; on the contrary, he respected every man's religion, and never meddled with it.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Charles Mackay
Your gentle heart, my girl, is too pure and holy a shrine to afford refuge to a rebel, and a profaner of woman's sacred rights.”
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by St. George Tucker
To my songs Be present ye with favourable feet, And all profaner audience far remove.
From Poetical Works of Akenside by George Gilfillan
In the region of profaner things the two friends canvass the comparative worth of Sallust and of Tully's Epistles.
From Burke by John Morley
