profane
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The artist initially intended to create five matching versions of his toilet, which he titled “America” as a way to question which spaces in a museum get deemed sacred versus profane.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
In 1431, the ecumenical Council of Basel ordered the deans and rectors of churches to expel "frivolities" and "profane abuses" from holy buildings, but implicitly allowed them to take place in the squares outside.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
“It is profane to compare the long, painful history of abuse and discrimination suffered by Black Americans to something totally different.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024
He’s at home with the sacred and the profane.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
My dissertation gave a different shape to history, one that was neither Mormon nor anti-Mormon, neither spiritual nor profane.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing profane
Romeo and Juliet
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Grade 11, List 3
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