profaner
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It would do well to cramp the articles dormant, besides the opportunity of reforming these beasts of the prerogative, and changing their profaner names of Harry and Charles into Nehemiah and Eleazar.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
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
All the city was soon in an uproar, the devout people seized Paul, drew him out of the Temple, the gates of which were closed against this profaner.
From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Peter Annet
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 John Lord
"And as a proof," added the clerk, "here are the shoes of the profaner of the temple;" and he placed a pair of shoes upon the desk as he spoke.
From Round the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
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