adj unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
2. profane ·adj treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
3. profane ·adj irreverent in language; taking the name of god in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
4. profane ·adj to put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
5. profane ·adj not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular;
opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.
6. profane ·adj 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.