whoredom

  • 91sporting lady — noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money • Syn: ↑prostitute, ↑cocotte, ↑whore, ↑harlot, ↑bawd, ↑tart, ↑cyprian, ↑fancy woman, ↑working girl, ↑ …

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  • 92vice crime — noun a vice that is illegal • Hypernyms: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑offence, ↑law breaking • Hyponyms: ↑prostitution, ↑harlotry …

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  • 93whore — n. & v. n. 1 a prostitute. 2 derog. a promiscuous woman. v.intr. 1 (of a man) seek or chase after whores. 2 archaic (foll. by after) commit idolatry or iniquity. Phrases and idioms: whore house a brothel. Derivatives: whoredom n. whorer n.… …

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  • 94woman of the street — noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money • Syn: ↑prostitute, ↑cocotte, ↑whore, ↑harlot, ↑bawd, ↑tart, ↑cyprian, ↑fancy woman, ↑working girl, ↑ …

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  • 95working girl — noun 1. a young woman who is employed (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑worker, ↑girl, ↑miss, ↑missy, ↑young lady, ↑young woman, ↑fille 2. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse …

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  • 96hurdom — obs. form of whoredom …

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  • 97ADULTERY — (Heb. נִאוּף, ni uf; sometimes, loosely, זְנוּת, zenut; זְנוּנִים, zenunim; lit. fornication, whoredom ). Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married woman, or one engaged by payment of the brideprice, and a man other than her husband.… …

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  • 98DESECRATION — (Heb. חִלּוּל, ḥillul; lit., desanctification or profanation ). In the Bible Desecration occurs when the holy is replaced by the profane or impure, the difference between the two being that the impure must be purified before it can be… …

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  • 99HOSEA, BOOK OF — HOSEA, BOOK OF, the first of the 12 books that make up the minor prophets . Everything points to this book s having been produced in the kingdom of israel and redacted, after the fall of that state, in Judah; and this makes it a valuable source… …

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  • 100WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …

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