1. Irreverent to any thing sacred; applied to persons. A man is profane when he takes the name of God in vain, or treats sacred things with abuse and irreverence.

2. Irreverent; proceeding from a contempt of sacred things, or implying it; as profane words or language; profane swearing.

3. Not sacred; secular; relating to secular things; as profane history.

4. Polluted; not pure.

Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.

5. Not purified or holy; allowed for common use; as a profane place. Ezek 42. and 48.

6. Obscene; heathenish; tending to bring reproach on religion; as profane fables. 1 Tim 4.

Profane is used chiefly in Scripture in opposition to holy, or qualified ceremonially for sacred services.

, v.t. To violate any thing sacred, or treat it with abuse,irreverence, obloquy or contempt; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the sabbath; to profane the Scriptures or the ordinances of God.

1. To pollute; to defile; to apply to temporal uses; to use as base or common. Ezek 24.

2. To violate. Mal 2.

3. To pollute; to debase.Lev 21.

4. To put to a wrong use.