Whore"dom (?), n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. hrdmr.]

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.

 

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