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Webster 1913 Edition
Whoredom
Whore′dom
,Noun.
[OE.
hordom
; cf. Icel. h[GREEK]rd[GREEK]mr
.] 1.
The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
2.
(Script.)
The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
O Ephraim, thou committest
whoredom
, and Israel is defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God. Hos. v. 3, 4.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whoredom
WHOREDOM
,Noun.
1.
Lewdness; fornication; practice of unlawful commerce with the other sex. It is applied to either sex, and to any kind of illicit commerce.2.
In Scripture, idolatry; the desertion of the worship of the true God, for the worship of idols.