profaneness in English

noun

[prə'feɪnnɪs]

secularism, state of not being consecrated; vulgarity, crudeness; defilement of what is sacred, heresy, blasphemy

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1. Definition: profaneness, Commonness

2. Word Origin from chalal Definition profaneness, Commonness NASB Translation common use …

3. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1] 1633, George Herbert, The Temple: Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, Abusiveness··^ “Abusiveness” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R

4. Greatly concerned by what he perceived to be the degeneracy of British society, Wilberforce was also active in matters of moral reform, lobbying against "the torrent of profaneness that every day makes more rapid advances", and considered this issue and the abolition of the slave trade as equally important goals.