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

Her sainthood was so accomplished, her union with heaven so complete, that she could afford herself these profaner sympathies.

From The Helpmate by Sinclair, May

"Where are you going, unhappy profaner of ecclesiastical psalmody?"

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous

He threatened to denounce me to the high priest as a profaner of the holy days, and to have me thrown into prison!'

From The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth by Sue, Eugène

He denied that he was a profaner of the true worship, or that he had ever striven to bring religion into contempt; on the contrary, he respected every man's religion, and never meddled with it.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles