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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''prophanen'', from Anglo-French ''prophaner'', from [[Latin]] ''profanare'', from ''profanus''

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''prophanen'', from Anglo-French ''prophaner'', from [[Latin]] ''profanare'', from ''profanus''

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

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.

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

The original [[meaning]] of the adjective profane (Latin: "in front of", "outside the temple") referred to items not belonging to the [[church]], e.g., "The [[fort]] is the oldest profane building in the town, but the local [[monastery]] is older, and is the oldest building," or "besides designing churches, he also designed many profane buildings". The [[meaning]] has changed over [[time]].

The original [[meaning]] of the adjective profane (Latin: "in front of", "outside the temple") referred to items not belonging to the [[church]], e.g., "The [[fort]] is the oldest profane building in the town, but the local [[monastery]] is older, and is the oldest building," or "besides designing churches, he also designed many profane buildings". The [[meaning]] has changed over [[time]].

Profanity represented secular indifference to [[religion]] or religious figures, while [[blasphemy]] was a more offensive [[attack]] on religion and religious figures, considered sinful, and a direct violation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments The Ten Commandments].

Profanity represented secular indifference to [[religion]] or religious figures, while [[blasphemy]] was a more offensive [[attack]] on religion and religious figures, considered sinful, and a direct violation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments The Ten Commandments].

Profanities in the original [[meaning]] of blasphemous profanity are part of the ancient [[tradition]] of the comic [[cults]], which laughed and scoffed at the [[deity]] or deities. An example from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantua_and_Pantagruel Gargantua and Pantagruel] is "Christ, look ye, its Mere de ... merde ... shit, Mother of God.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profane]

Profanities in the original [[meaning]] of blasphemous profanity are part of the ancient [[tradition]] of the comic [[cults]], which laughed and scoffed at the [[deity]] or deities. An example from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantua_and_Pantagruel Gargantua and Pantagruel] is "Christ, look ye, its Mere de ... merde ... shit, Mother of God.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profane]

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