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Definition
showing no respect for something thought of as sacred
- A feeling such as his was profaned by talk of the rivalry of some Petersburg officer, of the suppositions and the counsels of Stepan Arkadyevitch.Part One (34% in)
- But though he liked and respected the princess, Levin could not call her so without a sense of profaning his feeling for his dead mother.Part Six (5% in)
There are no more uses of "profane" in Anna Karenina.
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