PROFANITY  , irreverent or blasphemous See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, See also:

• SWEARING (O. Eng. swerian, to swear, originally to speak aloud, cf. andswerian, to answer, Ger. schworen, Dan. svaerge, &c., all from root sorer-, to make a sound, cf. " swarm," properly the buzzing of bees, Lat. susurrus)

swearing, by the use of words casting derision on sacred or divine things, especially the taking of the name of See also:

• GOD

God in vain (see See also:

• BLASPHEMY (through the Fr. from Gr. PXaa4o ta, profane language, slander, probably derived from root of )3X

BLASPHEMY; and SWEARING) . The word " profane," derived from See also:

• LAT

Lat. profanum, outside the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple (fanum), hence opposed to sacrum or religiosum, in the sense of not sacred, See also:

• COMMON

common, is used in See also:

• ENGLISH

English not only as meaning irreverent, or blasphemous, but also in the senses of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original Latin, not initiated into sacred mysteries, hence, See also:

• LAY

lay, See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular, or as referring to subjects not connected with sacred or biblical matters, e.g. profane literature, See also:

• HISTORY

history, &c .