What is profane?

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Defined by Dictionary.com as:

characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.

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What words are considered profane?
There are lots of vulgar words. In English, words that are profane are based on things that can morally disgust someone, such as excrement (the s-word), eternal damnation (the h-word), sexual organs...
How do you use the word profane in a sentence?
"That was the most profane movie I have ever seen"
What is the difference between the sacred and the profane?
Profane is the everyday world of seemingly random, ordinary and unimportant. The sacred is the realm of extraordinary, apparently purposeful, but generally imperceptible forces.
What is a synonym for some profane languages?
WikiAnswers will not write a list of profane words. You can look up any words you may wish in a dictionary, a thesaurus, or by using a search engine such as google.
What is the prerequisite of a word to be considered profane?
Profane originally meant anything not of the church; thus, profanity is anything not involving the church. However, this has been morphed by less knowledgeable people and now means "vulgar, socially...