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

The Church saw vinum clarum as a profane wine, and its consumption was not imbued with Christian symbolism, nor attached to any table ceremony.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024

The late, great Olivia de Havilland famously sued, at age 100, Ryan Murphy for his profane and gossipy depiction of her in “Feud: Bette and Joan.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024

In one instance, the judge wrote that aides to Jill Biden, the first lady, repeatedly cajoled Twitter executives to remove a video that was edited to make her seem profane toward a group of children.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

He became a theologian—but he could not escape his profane past.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife