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Webster 1913 Edition
Fornication
Forˊni-ca′tion
,Noun.
[F.
fornication
, L. fornicatio
.] 1.
Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery.
☞ In England, the offense, though cognizable in the ecclesiastical courts, was not at common law subject to secular prosecution. In the United States it is indictable in some States at common law, in others only by statute.
Whartyon.
2.
(Script.)
(a)
Adultery.
(b)
Incest.
(c)
Idolatry.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fornication
FORNICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The incontinence or lewdness of unmarried persons, male or female; also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried woman.2.
Adultery. Matt. 5.3.
Incest. 1Cor. 5.4.
Idolatry; a forsaking of the true God, and worshipping of idols. 2Chron. 21. Rev. 19.Definition 2024
fornication
fornication
English
Noun
fornication (countable and uncountable, plural fornications)
- Sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person.
- (law) The act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman which does not by law amount to adultery.
- 1604 I am the sister of one Claudio, Condemn'd upon the act of fornication To lose his head; condemn'd by Angelo — Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 5, Scene 1
- 1611 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. — Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse
Derived terms
Translations
sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person
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The act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman which does not by law amount to adultery
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