Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WHORE'DOM
WHORE'DOM, n. [ho'redom.]
- Lewdness; fornication; practice of unlawful commerce with the other sex. It is applied to either sex, and to any kind of illicit commerce.
- In Scripture, idolatry; the desertion of the worship of the true God, for the worship of idols. – Prophets.
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