profaner

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Much of the profaner criticism uttered by such authorities as the Cardinal de Retz, Voltaire, Frederic the Great, Daunou, and Mazzini is not more convincing or more real.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Jerusalem was then full of strangers, and the Jews of Asia recognizing Paul in the Temple, raised a disturbance, pretending that he was a profaner of the sacred edifice.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets by Lord, John

But I own that what tended most to restore my courage, and really increased my physical powers, was the profaner oracle of my beloved Ariosto:— "Between the end of October and the beginning of November."

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

So she descended the three door steps and entered the profaner carriage entrance, where several labourers in white overalls were busily engaged covering the bare brick walls with highly veined marble stucco.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann

To my songs   Be present ye with favourable feet,   And all profaner audience far remove.

From Poetical Works of Akenside by Gilfillan, George