Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whoredom"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whoredom \Whore"dom\, n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h?rd?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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whoredom
n : offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: {prostitution}, {harlotry}]
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