Profane

Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things.

profane authors

A sonnet in praise of Rome was accepted as the effusion of genius and gratitude; and after the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.

The sacred is the emotional force which connects the part to the whole; the profane or the secular is that which has been broken off from, or has fallen off, its emotional bond to the universe.

a profane person, word, oath, or tongue

the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane

When asked to explain why he became a landlord, he told the Archbishop of York it was so he could close the pub on Sundays, and suppress the profane language and singing that came through the bar windows.

The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted.