profaner

Example Sentences

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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

In the region of profaner things the two friends canvass the comparative worth of Sallust and of Tully's Epistles.

From Burke by Morley, John

It never stepped into the glare, the contention of profaner air.

From Saxe Holm's Stories by Jackson, Helen Hunt

"Man, clod, profaner of the shrine of poesy, cease your ignorant cackle," cried the irate dominie.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

Then Pete plunged into one of the profaner tunes which he had practised in the days of the cowhouse, and off went Katherine with a whoop.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir