- (formal)
having or showing a lack of respect for God or religion 亵渎神灵的；亵圣的 profane language 亵渎上帝的语言
- (specialist)
not connected with religion or holy things 非宗教的；世俗的 songs of sacred and profane love 歌唱圣洁与世俗爱情的歌曲
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘heathen’): from Old French prophane, from Latin profanus ‘outside the temple, not sacred’, from pro- (from Latin pro ‘before’) + fanum ‘temple’.