Scortation Definition

noun
1768, “Concerning Scortatory Love”, in The delights of wisdom concerning conjugial love, translation of Deliciae Sapientiae de Amore Conjugiali by Emanuel Swedenborg, published 1794, 466 (IV).
That it is a scortation [transl. scortatio] more opposite to conjugal love than the common scortation [transl. scortatio], which is called simple adultery; and that it is a deprivation of every faculty and inclination to conjugal life, which is implanted in christians from nativity, may be evinced by arguments which will have great weight with the reason of a wise man.
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Singular:
scortation
Plural:
scortations

Origin of Scortation

  • Late Latin scortation-, from Latin scortat-, the past participle stem of scortari (“associate with prostitutes”), from scortum (“prostitute”).

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