Whoremongery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whoremongery is a noun meaning Sexual relations by or with a prostitute.
Meaning
Sexual relations by or with a prostitute.
More Meanings
- (more generally) The act of engaging in illicit sexual relations.
Example Sentences
In ch. xxi. 8 whoremongery is considered under the aspect of an injury done to a neighbour.
The only lawful sexual connection is the marriage bed. All other sex activity is whoremongery and adultery, which will damn the soul forever in Hell.
Fornication is the loose and illegal sexual relationship between unmarried persons, and whoremongery the same conduct with a professional prostitute; both are often included in the biblical word "whoring."
He then addresses the servants of 'three usurers', who provide the occasion for his extended comparison of usury with whoremongery (2.2.89–105). The same association of usury with prostitution arises in the bawd Pompey's florid lament on the legal closure of the brothels of Vienna:
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fuckery, prostitution, bawdry, fornication, abuse, philandering.
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