Impious vs. Profane — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Impious and Profane
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Impious
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Profane
Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
Impious
Lacking reverence; not pious.
Profane
Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular
Sacred and profane music.
Impious
Lacking due respect or dutifulness
Impious toward one's parents.
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Profane
Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
Impious
Not pious.
Profane
Vulgar; coarse.
Impious
Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.
Profane
To treat with irreverence
Profane the name of God.
Impious
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear away,The post of honor is a private station.
Profane
To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse.
Impious
Lacking piety or reverence for a god
Profane
Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
Impious
Lacking due respect or dutifulness;
Impious toward one's parents
An undutiful son
Profane
Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
Profane authors
Impious
Lacking piety and reverence for a god
Profane
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
Profane
Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain
A profane person, word, oath, or tongue
Profane
A person or thing that is profane.
Profane
(freemasonry) A person not a Mason.
Profane
(transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
One should not profane the name of God.
To profane the Scriptures
Profane
(transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
Profane
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 profane place.
The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.
Profane
Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.
Profane
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
Profane
To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
The priests in the temple profane the sabbath.
Profane
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
So idly to profane the precious time.
Profane
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;
Debauch the young people with wine and women
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Do school counselors subvert young children?
Corrupt the morals
Profane
Violate the sacred character of a place or language;
Desecrate a cemetary
Violate the sanctity of the church
Profane the name of God
Profane
Characterized by profanity or cursing;
Foul-mouthed and blasphemous
Blue language
Profane words
Profane
Not sacred or concerned with religion;
Sacred and profane music
Children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
Profane
Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
Profane
Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
Blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
Profane utterances against the Church
It is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
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