fornication
voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.
Bible. idolatry.
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Origin of fornication
1Other words from fornication
- for·ni·ca·to·ry [fawr-ni-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈfɔr nɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
Words that may be confused with fornication
- formication, fornication
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How to use fornication in a sentence
Yes, cities—those reviled warts on the American imagination, the ancient sources of all sin and fornication.
The Scariest Thing About Sandy: Guarding the Water Supply | Kent Sepkowitz | October 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, despite the obvious temptations, many come to Duck Beach precisely to avoid fornication - by finding a marriage partner.
And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd I said to her that was worn out in her adulteries: Now will this woman still continue in her fornication.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIt signifies a state of depravity,—a quality, and not an act,—and never can be properly translated by "adultery" or "fornication."
My Religion | Leo Tolstoy
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinWith this spiritual fornication, an idolatrous worship, there was connected the grossest lusts of the flesh.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein
British Dictionary definitions for fornication
/ (ˌfɔːnɪˈkeɪʃən) /
voluntary sexual intercourse outside marriage
law voluntary sexual intercourse between two persons of the opposite sex, where one is or both are unmarried
Bible sexual immorality in general, esp adultery
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