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Look up: Profane

  1. profane
    worldly having contempt for God 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  2. Profane
    That which belongs to the mundane, everyday world.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20212

  3. profane
    [adj] - not sacred or concerned with religion 2. [adj] - not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Profane
    that which is an ordinary element of everyday life
    Found on http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/obj

  5. Profane
    Pro·fane' adjective [ French, from Latin profanus , properly, before the temple, i. e., without the temple, unholy; pro before + fanum temple. See 1st Fane .] 1. Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/168

  6. Profane
    Pro·fane' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Profaned ; present participle & verbal noun Profaning .] [ Latin profanare : confer French profaner . See Profane...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/168

  7. profane
    unconsecrated adjective not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. profane
    adjective not sacred or concerned with religion; `sacred and profane music`; `children being brought up in an entirely profane environment`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Profane
    • (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. • (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious. • (a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. profane
    (from the article `ritual`) Ritual behaviour, established or fixed by traditional rules, has been observed the world over and throughout history. In the study of this behaviour, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/118

  11. profane
    profane 1. Characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious. 2. Not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular, as opposed to sacred. 3. Unholy; heathen; pagan; such as, profane rites; marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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