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Word: profani (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...symbol of all that is most sacred to the British aristocracy, threw open its doors last week to some fifty odd sons of toil and bade them welcome to its Saturday luncheon. For one short hour, at least, the muezzin did not chant his "procul, o procul este, profani," from the holy doorway; and as a consequence marquises and masons hobnobbed in a state of democratic conviviality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BORGIAN FEAST? | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

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