This phrase suggests a sense of self-awareness and humility, acknowledging one's own unworthiness or inadequacy. It can imply a reluctance or hesitation to taint or diminish something sacred or special with one's own shortcomings or imperfections.
If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. Was said by Romeo to Juliet in Act 1 Scene 5
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand This sacred shrine, the gentle sin is this; My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."
He just took a risk and said to her the "If I profane with my unworthiest hand" line and she replied to it in an equally loving way.
Juliet says, "Pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much that mannerly devotion shows in this." Romeo has just touched her (probably on the hand) and then apologized by saying "If I profane with my unworthiest hand . . ." which apology leads to his saying that he will fix any offence he may have given by kissing her. Juliet says that he wrongs his hand too much--it is not unworthiest and it hasn't offended her. In fact it has shown "mannerly devotion". "Mannerly" means with good manners, polite. "Devotion" means love, faithfulness, commitment. According to Juliet, he has given a polite token of love.
To violate the sacredness of; profane.
having to do with ordinary reality
He was reprimanded for using profane language in front of his grandmother.
That is a mildly profane phrase, meaning to condemn or curse the present circumstances. It is used to express anger, frustration, or pain. One common use is when someone is hammering a nail and strikes their finger or hand instead.
Profane, vulgar
The profane language hurt her ears. The golfer was so upset that he used profane language in front of the priest.
Benny Profane is 5' 10".
Benny Profane was created in 1985.