Both Uses of
profane
in
Measure for Measure
- If it please your honour, I know not well what they are; but precise villains they are, that I am sure of; and void of all profanation in the world that good Christians ought to have.†
Scene 2.1
- We cannot weigh our brother with ourself: Great men may jest with saints: 'tis wit in them; But, in the less, foul profanation.†
Scene 2.2 *
Definition:
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(profane as in: don't be profane) showing no respect for something thought of as sacred