profane
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For those who feel that the contemporary-art world is awash in the profane, Mr. Cowan’s work offers a taste of the sacred.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
On a never-ending feed we watch the cute and profane, sleepwalking toward an emotional state beyond shock as entertainment: the banality of passive consumption.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
The Church saw vinum clarum as a profane wine, and its consumption was not imbued with Christian symbolism, nor attached to any table ceremony.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
Sacred time does not “pass” like profane time but somehow suspends.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
“For how long?” mocked the profane old man with a gleam of malicious elation.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing profane
Romeo and Juliet
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Grade 11, List 3
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