Look up: Fornication

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   fornication
   [n] - voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
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   Fornication
   Fornication: Sexual intercourse that is 'illicit', outside of marriage. The term 'fornication' has a close medical relative by the name of 'fornix', the word for 'arch' in Latin. It seems that the Roman prostitutes used to hang out under the arches of certain public buildings. The act of carrying on an illicit relationship consequently came to be c ...
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   Fornication
   For`ni·ca'tion noun [ French fornication , Latin 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 Un ...
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   fornication
   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 ...
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   fornication
   noun voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
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   Fornication
   `Fornication`, or simple fornication, is a term which refers to consensual sexual intercourse between two persons not married to each other. In contrast adultery is consensual sex where one or both of the partners are married to someone else. The origin of the word derives from Latin. The word `fornix` means `an archway` or `vault` (in Rome, prostitutes could be solicited there). More directly, `fornicatio` means `done in the archway`; thus a eu...
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   Fornication
   • (n.) Idolatry. • (n.) 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. • (n.) Adultery. • (n.) Incest.
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