prophane
prophane is the obsolete form of profane.
prophane is the obsolete spelling of profane.
Meaning of profane
Adjective
profane (comparative profaner or more profane, superlative profanest or most profane)
- Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
- Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things.1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)
- Synonyms:
- defiled, mishallowed, unhallowed, common, impious, impure, unholy
- Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
- profane authors
- Synonyms:
- secular, unsanctified, unhallowed, unholy, irreligious, temporal, worldly, ungodly, impious, godless
- Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
- Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
- a profane person, word, oath, or tongue
- Synonyms:
- irreverent
Forms of prophane
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | prophaner |
| comparative | more prophane |
| superlative | prophanest |
| superlative | most prophane |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | prophanes |
| present participle | prophaning |
| past participle | prophaned |
| past | prophaned |
Words formed from prophane
Questions about prophane
- What is prophane the obsolete form of?
- Prophane is the obsolete form of profane.
Words near prophane in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prophane (page history and authors); profane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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