AskDefine | Define whoredom

The Collaborative Dictionary

Whoredom \Whore"dom\, n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h?rd?mr.] [1913 Webster]
The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness. [1913 Webster]
(Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. [1913 Webster] O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God. --Hos. v. 3,
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Word Net

whoredom n : offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: prostitution, harlotry]

English

Noun

  1. the state of being a whore; prostitution
    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. -Genesis 38:24
    Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. -Leviticus 19:29
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