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Profaning
Profane Pro*fane", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Profaning.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See Profane, a.] 1. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God. The priests in the temple profane the sabbath. --Matt. xii. 5. 2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. So idly to profane the precious time. --Shak.
Profanity
Profanity Pro*fan"i*ty, n. [L. profanitas.] 1. The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy. 2. That which is profane; profane language or acts. The brisk interchange of profanity and folly. --Buckminster.

Meaning of Profani from wikipedia

- divertimento, senza che la conversazione risulti in una cospirazione contro i profani o in un qualche espediente per far alzare i prezzi». La lingua francese...
- philosophy in his Politica Methodice Digesta, Atque Exemplis Sacris et Profanis Illustrata. By 1748, in his treatise The Spirit of Law, Montesquieu (1689-1755)...
- November 1959). "Colori e linee gentili delle auto richiamano signore e profani". La Stampa (in Italian). p. 5. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016...
- : 118  Suetonius and Tacitus used the terms "superstitio" and "impious [profani] rites" in describing the reasons for these events, terms not applied to...
- published a treatise whose full title was China monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium...
- November 1959). "Colori e linee gentili delle auto richiamano signore e profani". La Stampa (in Italian). p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2015. Vijayenthiran...
- for his 1603 work "Politica Methodice Digesta, Atque Exemplis Sacris et Profanis Illustrata" which revised editions were published in 1610 and 1614. The...
- Printing Office. Kircher, Athanasius (1667), China monumentis: qua sacris quà profanis, …, Vienna Lach, Donald F.; Van Kley, Edwin J. (1993), Asia in the Making...
- were nefasti, meaning that the ordinary human affairs permitted on dies profani (or fasti) were forbidden. Sacer was a fundamental principle in Roman and...
- Archived 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine China monumentis: qua sacris quà profanis, ..., pp. 13-28. An English translation of Kircher's work can be found...