profane
adjective
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
unprofaned
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a word derived from
profane.
Example Sentences
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At last an ancient wood they gained, By pruner’s axe yet unprofaned.
From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by James Beattie
She suggested the proper thing to do would be to buy a new black dress unprofaned by visits to the upper boxes.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by Compton MacKenzie
Mon amie," said he, "none knows what I have done save you and myself: the pleasure is consecrated to us two, unshared and unprofaned.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
The Long Portico, with its columns, monuments, and inscriptions, remains also untouched by the flames and unprofaned by any violence from the wanton soldiery.
From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by William Ware
Both, therefore, left them to themselves; and we, in like manner, must allow that delicious interview to be sacred only to themselves, and unprofaned by the gaze or presence of a spectator.
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
