俗ぞくなる

pre-noun adjectival

vulgar; worldly; profane

Used as a pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) to describe something as vulgar, worldly, or profane, often in contrast to the sacred or refined. Cross-referenced with 聖なる (holy, sacred), suggesting a common antonymic pairing.

See also: 聖なる

• 俗ぞくなる欲よく望ぼうに惑まどわされるな。

  Do not be led astray by vulgar desires.

• 聖せいなるものと俗ぞくなるものの区く別べつは、多おおくの宗しゅう教きょうで重じゅう要ようだ。

  The distinction between the sacred and the profane is important in many religions.