PROFANE

That which has not been consecrated. By a profane place 1s understood one which is neither sacred nor sanct1• fled nor religious.' Dig. 11, 7, 2, 4. PROFANELY, In a profane manner. A technical word in indictments for the statutory offense of profanity. See Updegraph T, Com., 11 Serg. & R, (Pa.) 394. PROFANITY,, Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or "blasphemous use of the name of God; punishable by statute in some jurisdictions. [s. 958]