profane

It was, as Woodward remembers, pure Bradlee—brief, profane, and entirely correct.

Admiration is in its nature respectful, whilst desire tends to profane its object.

To an architect these mosques are no doubt highly interesting; to a profane person like myself they offer little attraction.

But in handsome, sound editions of ancient and modern writers, both sacred and profane, the d'Esparvieu library is second to none.

This is a mood of speaking to which we are not accustomed—it savours, some of our friends would say, a little of the profane.

In the first place, the religious life and the profane life cannot coexist in the same place.