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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 423 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PROFANITY , irreverent or blasphemous See also:

language, See also:swearing, by the use of words casting derision on sacred or divine things, especially the taking of the name of See also:God in vain (see See also:BLASPHEMY; and SWEARING). The word " profane," derived from See also:Lat. profanum, outside the See also:temple (fanum), hence opposed to sacrum or religiosum, in the sense of not sacred, See also:common, is used in See also:English not only as meaning irreverent, or blasphemous, but also in the senses of the See also:original Latin, not initiated into sacred mysteries, hence, See also:lay, See also:secular, or as referring to subjects not connected with sacred or biblical matters, e.g. profane literature, See also:history, &c.

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