fornication
for·ni·ca·tion (fôr′ni kā′s̸hən)
noun
- voluntary sexual intercourse engaged in by a man, esp. an unmarried man, with an unmarried woman
- voluntary sexual intercourse engaged in by an unmarried person: if the other person is married, the act of the unmarried person is sometimes considered adultery
- Bible
- any unlawful sexual intercourse, including adultery
- worship of idols
Etymology: ME fornicacioun < OFr fornication < LL(Ec) fornicatio < fornicatus: see fornicate
fornication
n.
n
Possessives
- word: When He uses the word ' fornication ' He always uses it in a narrow sense.
Converse of object
- commit: Notice what is recorded at the end of verse fourteen in Revelation two, " they commit fornication.
- avoid: No to avoid fornication every man is to have his own wife ( 7:2 ).
Preposition: with
- woman: Augustine rejected the concept of the fallen host having committed fornication with women.
Barnardine:Thou hast committedö Barabas: Fornicationöbut that was in another country; and besides, the wench is dead.
De dois ff se compo e Esta cidade a meu ver: Um furtar, outro foder. Of two f's, as I see it, is this city composed: one fraud, the other fornication.
