Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The practice of accepting payment in exchange for sexual relations; prostitution.
- noun Unlawful sexual relations.
- noun Promiscuous sex.
- noun Bible Unfaithfulness to God; idolatry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Prostitution of the body for hire; in general, the practice of unlawful sexual commerce.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
- noun (Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the state of being a
whore ;prostitution
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun offering sexual intercourse for pay
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Although his label whoredom is more detailed in the book than the movie, Bateman's narcissism represents the '80s Wall Street yuppie taken to a bloody extreme.
Cinematical 2009
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Considered by some to be the ultimate in designer label whoredom, this method has proven very effective in keeping a wardrobe up to date.
Lesley Stern: How To Live On $0 A Day: What's A Poor Fashionista To Do? 2009
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What you so easily dismiss as media whoredom is more about Jay's energy and passion.
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He could not pronounce the word whoredom, because the chastity of their heaven forbade it.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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Corporal whoredom is another crime here charged upon them: They have committed whoredom continually, v. 18.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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But it was no great matter what religion she was of; for, whatever it was, she was a reproach and scandal to it-a Jewess, but an adulteress; she was another man's wife when Felix took her to be his wife, and she lived with him in whoredom and was noted for an impudent woman, yet she desires to hear concerning the faith of Christ.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Which other Mary is associated with the idea of whoredom and sexuality?
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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Which other Mary is associated with the idea of whoredom and sexuality?
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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In one way, through making money by disgraceful means, whether in performing shameful and servile works by means of illiberal practices, or by acquiring more through sinful deeds, such as whoredom or the like, or by making a profit where one ought to have given gratis, as in the case of usury, or by laboring much to make little profit.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Lusts, acts of lewdness, such as whoredom and adultery.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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