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Definition
showing no respect for something thought of as sacred
- BRINI, PAPAL NUNCIO: (In papal zouave's uniform, steel cuirasses as breastplate, armplates, thighplates, legplates, large profane moustaches and brown paper mitre) Leopoldi autem generatio.Episode 15 — Circe (39% in)
- Who profaned our silent shade?Episode 15 — Circe (70% in)
There are no more uses of "profane" in Ulysses by James Joyce.
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