The term "profane" originates from classical Latin "''profanus''", literally "before (outside) the [[temple]]". It carried the [[meaning]] of either "desecrating what is [[holy]]" or "with a [[secular]] [[purpose]]" as early as the 1450s CE. | The term "profane" originates from classical Latin "''profanus''", literally "before (outside) the [[temple]]". It carried the [[meaning]] of either "desecrating what is [[holy]]" or "with a [[secular]] [[purpose]]" as early as the 1450s CE. |