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Look up: Profane

  1. profane
    worldly having contempt for God 
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  2. Profane
    That which belongs to the mundane, everyday world.
    Found on http://www.polity.co.uk/giddens5/student

  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; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred , religious , or inspired ; as, a
    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 , adjective ] 1. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to dese ...
    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://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  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://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  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 to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, w...
    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. 4. Not initiated into religious rites or mysteries...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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