profaner

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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 Annet, Peter

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

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

As may be imagined, they were the subject of derision by the profaner wits of the day.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

It was these profaner images that inflamed Phædra and Pasiphae.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar