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[ έμ πτωσις, a falling upon), madingounting and the constructors of the Greg or i an calendar (really 310 years), in consequence of which a lunar correction is introduced into the tables for calculating Easter; also, the effect of the prece ion ion of the equinoxes in making these come before the sun has performed his circuit among the stars. See me temp to sis. proëpimeral (pro-ep-i-me'ral), a. [ IMG:content-1045.png:[blocks in formation] proëthnic (pro-eth'nik), a. [ proeupolyzoön (pro-u-pol-i-zōʻon), n. [NL., profacet, interj. [ The card in all came in, booted and spurred, all sodainly amongst them and bade them proface . Stow , Chron., p. 528. Sweet sir, sit... Proface ! What you want in meat we'll have in drink. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 3. 30. profanatet (prof'a-nat), v. t. and i. [ And there, in a certaine chappell not hallowed, or rather in a prophane cottage, hath in contempt of the keyes presumed of his owne rashne e to celebrate, nay rather to prophanate. Foxe , Martyrs, p. 430, an. 1391. 4754 profanation (prof-a-nāʼshon), n. [Formerly also prop han at i on; Here I observed a great prop han at i on of the Lord's supper. Coryat, Crudities, I. 3. I held it no Profanation of this Sunday-evening...to employ some Hours to meditate on you, and send you this friendly Salute. Howell , Letters, I. v. 11. 2. The act of treating with too little reserve or delicacy, or of making common. 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Donne, Valediction Forbidding Mourning. Distorted from its [poetry's] use and just design, To make the pitiful po e or shine, Is profanation of the basest kind. Couper, Table-Talk, 1. 758. =Syn. 1. Profanation, Desecration, Sacrilege, pollution. The first three words expre offenses, amounting almost or quite to outrages, against the religious sentiment, in connection with places, days, etc., taking off their sacred character. They are in the order of strength. Profana tion is perhaps most distinctly a matter of irreverence. Sacrilege seems most directly an invasion of the rights of God. Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them, But in the le , foul profanation. profe Wonder of nature, let it not profane thee My rude hand touch thy beauty. Fletcher ( and others ), Bloody Brother, v. 2. How by her patient Victor Death was slain, And Earth prophan'd , yet ble 'd, with Deicide. Prior, I am that I am, st. 8. The temple and its holy rites profaned . Cowper , Expostulation, 1. 145. 2. To put to a wrong use; employ basely or unworthily. I feel me much to blame, So idly to profane the precious time. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 391. One word is too often profaned For me to profane it. Shelley, To 3. To make known; make common: said of something confined to an initiated few. [Rare.] Wisdom is not profaned unto the world, and 'tis the privilege of a few to be virtuous. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, ii. 4. II. in trans . To speak or behave blasphemously or profanely. They grew very troublesome to the better sort of people, and furnished the looser with an occasion to profane . Penn , Rise and Progre of Quakers, i. profanely (pro-fan'li), adv. In a profane manner; with irreverence to sacred things or names; impiously; with abuse or contempt for anything venerable: as, to speak profanely of God or sacred things. profanene (prō-fan'nes), n. The state or character of being profane; irreverence toward sacred things; particularly, the use of language Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 128. which manifests or implies irreverence toward O double sacrilege on things divine, To rob the relic, and deface the shrine! Dryden, To the Memory of Mrs. Anne Kill i grew, 1. 160. [ profane + profanatory (pro-fan'a-tō-ri), a. ing profane -atory.] Profaning or to sacred character or nature; apt to produce irreverence, contempt, or the like. Every one now had tasted the wa ail-cup except Paul in a, whose pas de fée ou de fantaisie nobody thought of interrupting to offer so profanatory a draught. Charlotte Brontë , Villette, xxv. profane (pro-fān′), a . [Formerly also prophane ; profane , prophane , F. profane = Sp. Pg. It . profano = D. profaan = G. Sw. Dan. pro fan , profanus , ML. also often prophanus , initiated (whence, in LL., ignorant, unlearned), not sacred, unholy, profane; of persons, not also wicked, impious;, s; appar. orig. 'before, or outside of, the temple,' pro , before, + fanum , temple: see fane2 .] 1. Not sacred, or not devoted to sacred purposes; not po e ing any peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; secular: as, a profane place; profane history (that is, history other than Biblical); profane authors. In a certaine chappell not hallowed, or rather in a pro Foxe, Martyrs, p. 430, an. 1391. phane cottage. Our holy lives must win a new world's crown, Which our profane hours here have stricken down. Shak ., Rich. II., v. 1. 25. There is met in your majesty a rare conjunction, as well of divine and sacred literature as of profane and human. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, i. 5. you face the fresco, the seven Theological at the left. The seven Profane Sciences begin at the right hand as The Century , XXXVII. 672. 2. Irreverent toward God or holy things; speak spoken, acting or acted, in manifest implied contempt of sacred things; blasphe mous: as, profane language; profane swearing. Then was the Sacred Bible sought out of the dusty corners where prophane Falsehood and Neglect had throwne it. Milton , Reformation in Eng., i. I din'd with yo Treast, where was ye Earle of Rochester, a very prophane wit. Evelyn , Diary, Nov. 24, 1670. 3. Not initiated into certain religious rites; hence, of le dignity or standing; inferior; common. Hence, ye profane, I hate you all, Both the great vulgar and the small. God; the taking of God's name in vain. profaner (prō-fāʼnėr), n. 1. One who profanes, or who by words or actions treats sacred things with irreverence; a user of profane language. There are a lighter ludicrous sort of profaners, who use Scripture to furnish out their jests. Government of the Tongue. 2. A polluter; a defiler. Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel. Shak ., R. and J., i. 1. 89. profanismt, n. [Also prop han is me ; profane + -ism.] Profanene ; profanity. [Rare.] Bee it spoken without prop han is me . Marston, What you Will, iv. 1. profanity (pro-fan'i-ti), n. [ profanité , prophanité = Sp. profanidad =Pg. profanidade Pg.proja = It. profanità , prof an it a (t-) s , profane- ne , profanus , profane: see profane .] profane .] 1. Profanene ; the quality of be of being profane.- 2. That which is profane; profane language or conduct. In a revel of debauchery, amid the brisk interchange of profanity and folly, religion might appear a dumb, unso- cial intruder. Buck minster . ( Webster , 1848.) =Syn. Blasphemy , Profanity . See blasphemy . profectt, n. [ profectus , profit: see profit . ] Profit. This shall (I truste) be consecrated to Apollo and the Muses, to theire no small profecte and your good contentation and pleasure. Quoted in Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. xxi. profection† (prō-fek's hon), n . [ profection , profectio (n-), a setting forth, departure, proficisci , pp. profectus , set forth, proceed, set out, depart, pro , forth, forward, + facere , make, do.] A setting forth; departure. The time of the yeere hasting the profection and departure of the Amba ador. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 288. profectitious (prō-fek-tish'us), a . [ pro fecticius , profectitius , that proceeds from some one, proficisci , pp. profectus , proceed: see profection .] Proceeding forth, as from a father; derived from an ancestor or ancestors. [Rare.] The threefold distinction of profectitious , adventitious, and profe ional was ascertained. Gibbon , Decline and Fall, VIII. xliv. profecyet, n . A Middle English form of prophecy . profert, v . and n . An obsolete form of proffer . Cowley, tr. of Horace's Odes, iii. 1. profert (proʼfèrt), n. [The first word of the IMG:content-1046.png:[blocks in formation] =Syn. 1. Temporal, unhallowed, unholy.-2. Impious , Atheistic , etc. (see irreligious ); irreverent, sacrilegious. profane (pro-fan'), v .; pret. and pp. profaned , ppr.profaning . [Formerly also prophane ; profaner = Sp. Pg. profanar = It. prof an are , prof an are , ML. also often prop han are , desecrate, profane, also consecrate, profanus , profane: see profane, a.] I. trans. 1. To treat as if not sacred or deserving reverence; violate, as anything sacred; treat with irreverence, impiety, or contempt; pollute; desecrate. They profaned my holy name. Ezek. xxxvi. 20. L. phrase profert in curia, he produces in court: profert, 3d pers. sing. of proferre, bring forward, produce: see proffer.] In law, an exhibition of a record or paper in open court. At common law, a party who alleged a deed was generally obliged to make profert of such deed - that is, to produce it in court simul. taneously with the pleading in which it was alleged. According to present usage this profert consists of a formal allegation that he shows the deed in court, it being, in fact, retained in his own custody. profe (pro-fes'), v. [ IMG:content-1047.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1048.png:[blocks in formation] And then will I profe unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Mat. vii. 23. Is it sin Still to profe I love you, still to vow I shall do ever? Beau . and Fl ., Knight of Malta, v. 1. We profe Ourselves to be the slaves of chance. Shak ., W. T., iv. 4. 550. Many things which they did were by the Apostles them selves profest to be done only for the present. Milton , Reformation in Eng., i. Rodolph would not consecrate Thurstane unle he would profe Obedience. Baker , Chronicles, p. 41. 2. To acknowledge or own publicly; also, to lay claim openly to the character of. I first discover'd Her bloody purposes, which she made good, And openly profe 'd 'em. Fletcher , Double Marriage, v. 2. But Purbeck (as profe 'd , a huntre and a nun) The wide and wealthy sea, nor all his pow'r respects. Drayton, Polyolbion, ii. 92. 3. To affirm faith in or allegiance to: as, to profe Christianity. By the saint whom I profe , I will plead against it with my life. Shak., M. for M., iv. 2. 192. We sometimes find men loud in their admiration of truths which they never profe . J. H. Newman , Gram. of A ent, p. 159. 4. To make a show of; make protestations of; make a pretense of; pretend. The wretched man gan then avise too late That love is not where most it is profest . Scriptures. Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 31. Wee profe e to decide our controversies only by the Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 5. To announce publicly one's skill in, as a science or a profe ion; declare one's self versed in: as, to profe surgery. I thank him that he cuts me from my tale; For I profe not talking. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., v. 2. 92. The sever all Schooles wherein the seven liber all sci- ences are profe ed . Coryat , Crudities, I. 67. Medicine is a science which hath been, as we have said, Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 193. more profe ed than laboured. 6. In the Rom. Cath. and Anglican churches, to receive into a religious order by profe ion. I prey yow wyt al my herte, and as I evere may do yow service, that it lyke to your grace to graunte of your charite, by yowr worthy lettres to the priour of Thetford in Norfolk, of the seyde ordre of Clunye, autorite and power as your ministre and depute to profe e in dwe forme the seyd monkes of Bromholm unprofe ed. Paston Letters , I. 30. Neither a slave nor a married person (without the consent of the other spouse) can be validly profe ed . Rom . Cath . Dict ., p. 699. 7. To present the appearance of. [Rare.] Yet did her face and former parts profe e A faire young Mayden, full of comely glee. Spenser , F. Q., VI. vi. 10. IMG:content-1049.png:[blocks in formation] profe ed (prō-fest'), p. a. [Pp. of profe , v. ] Avowed; declared; pledged by profe ion; profe ional: as, a profe ed woman-hater; a pro fe ed nun; a profe ed cook. Use well our father; To your profe ed bosoms I commit him. Shak ., Lear, 1. 1. 275. Mr. Simpkins on from Bath was a profe ed antiquary, and one of the first water. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 26. The profe ed beauties, who are a people almost as insufferable as the profe ed wits. Steele , Spectator, No. 33. +-ly2.] By profe ion; avowedly; by open declaration or avowal.