whoredom

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(hôr′dəm)

noun

  1. prostitution or fornication
  2. Bible idolatry: Hos. 4:12

Origin: ME hordom < ON hordomr

See whoredom in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The practice of accepting payment in exchange for sexual relations; prostitution.
  2. a. Unlawful sexual relations.
    b. Promiscuous sex.
  3. Bible Unfaithfulness to God; idolatry.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English hordom

Origin: , from Old Norse hōrdōmr; see kā- in Indo-European roots

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