formalRUDE/IMPOLITE to treat something holy with a lack of respect 亵渎〔圣物〕
Examples from the Corpus
profane• The white faces of saints had grown insane and bloated, their purityprofaned.• The exactmanner in which the body of the Saint was profaned is unknown.• By healing the man is he keeping the Sabbath Holy or profaning it?• Sizzle and aroma do not profane the all-pervading stillness.• It profaned the very bonds of speech.
Originprofane1
(1300-1400)Old Frenchprophane, from Latinprofanus, from fanum“temple”