profane

Etymology

From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).

adj

1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
   profane authors
   The sacred is the emotional force which connects the part to the whole; the profane or the secular is that which has been broken off from, or has fallen off, its emotional bond to the universe. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 102
3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain
   a profane person, word, oath, or tongue

noun

1. A person or thing that is profane.
   The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted. 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 244
2. (Freemasonry) A person not a Mason.

verb

1. (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
   One should not profane the name of God.
   to profane the Scriptures
2. (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.