Middle English Dictionary Entry
prophāne adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | prophāne adj. |
| Etymology | OF profane, prophane & L profānus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Unholy, ritually unclean.
Associated quotations
- c1450 3 KCol.(2) (Add 31042)767 : Ther-in to come þay suffrede neuer none, Bot called it curste, vnhappy and prophane, Till Constantyne and his modir it wane.