adultery
adultery is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Adulteration; corruption. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 2.(Script.) (a) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment. (b) Faithlessness in religion. Jer. iii.
- 3.4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
- 4.(Eccl.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
- 5.Injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.] You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is adultery.
- What is adulteration; corruption. [Obs.] B. Jonson called?
- What is (a) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment. (b) Faithlessness in religion. Jer. iii called?
- What is 4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery called?
- What is the intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop called?
- What is injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.] You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. B. Jonson called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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