1.
[syn: prostitution, harlotry, whoredom]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whoredom \Whore"dom\, n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h?rd?mr.]
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1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex;
fornication; lewdness.
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2. (Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
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O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is
defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God.
--Hos. v. 3,
4.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
whoredom
n 1: offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: prostitution,
harlotry, whoredom]