Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who engages in sodomy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inhabitant of Sodom, an ancient city which, according to the account in Genesis, was destroyed by fire from heaven on account of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
- noun One who is guilty of sodomy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An inhabitant of Sodom.
- noun One guilty of sodomy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who practices
sodomy ; asodomist . - noun derogatory A male
homosexual .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word sodomite is the Hebrew word quadesh, and it means holy, consecrated, or specially dedicated—a sacred person.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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The word sodomite is the Hebrew word quadesh, and it means holy, consecrated, or specially dedicated—a sacred person.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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The word sodomite is the Hebrew word quadesh, and it means holy, consecrated, or specially dedicated—a sacred person.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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The word sodomite is the Hebrew word quadesh, and it means holy, consecrated, or specially dedicated—a sacred person.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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If some random person (likely an agent provocateur) calls Barney Frank a sodomite, is that an act of violence?
The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass” 2010
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Their defiance survives linguistically: In Arabic, the “top” sodomite is luti, meaning “of [the people of] Lot.”
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Their defiance survives linguistically: In Arabic, the “top” sodomite is luti, meaning “of [the people of] Lot.”
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Incidentally the word sodomite in the King James Version was a case of the translators imposing their cultural standards to a totally different culture.
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SCANZONI: Jewish and Christian scholars agree that the word sodomite doesn't appear in the original language.
Philocrites: Meet the authors of 'The Christian case for gay marriage.' 2005
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243 The detected sodomite is punished with death according to Moslem law, but again comes the difficulty of proof.
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