take in vain

1. 1.

   use a name, such as God, without proper respect

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Questions about take in vain

What does take in vain mean?

take in vain means "use a name, such as God, without proper respect".

Is take in vain a common word?

take in vain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.