Synonyms for profaned
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1. profaned, violatedadjective

   treated irreverently or sacrilegiously

   Synonyms:
   violated

   Antonyms:
   consecrated, consecrate, dedicated

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1. John Calvin:

   Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain....The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every branch of learning. Nay more, we may affirm this too with truth, that these choice gifts of God -- expertness of mind, acuteness of judgment, liberal sciences, and acquaintance with languages, are in a manner profaned in every instance in which they fall to the lot of wicked men.

2. John Donne:

   Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.

3. Communist Manifesto:

   All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.

4. John Donne:

   Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.

5. Christen Kuikoua:

   In the name of knowledge, forbidden knowing gained, Sacred boundaries crossed, wisdom profaned.