PROFANITY

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PROFANITY , irreverent or blasphemous

language

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

, swearing, by the use of words casting derision on sacred or divine things, especially the taking of the name of God in vain (see

BLASPHEMY

BLASPHEMY (through the Fr. from Gr. PXaa4o ta, profane
language
- LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)
, slander, probably derived from
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
of )3X

; and SWEARING). The word " profane," derived from Lat. profanum, outside the

temple

TEMPLE
TEMPLE,
FREDERICK
- FREDERICK
- FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of
  peace
  - PEACE
  - PEACE, BREACH OF THE
  ," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, "
  peace
  - PEACE
  - PEACE, BREACH OF THE
  ," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)
(1821-1902)
TEMPLE, RICHARD
TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

(fanum), hence opposed to sacrum or religiosum, in the sense of not sacred, common, is used in

English

ENGLISH

not only as meaning irreverent, or blasphemous, but also in the senses of the

original

ORIGINAL

Latin, not initiated into sacred mysteries, hence, lay,

secular

SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

, or as referring to subjects not connected with sacred or biblical matters, e.g. profane literature,

history

HISTORY

, &c.

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