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fornication
[ fawr-ni-key-shuhn ]
noun
- voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.
- Bible. idolatry.
fornication
/ ˌɔːɪˈɪʃə /
noun
- voluntary sexual intercourse outside marriage
- law voluntary sexual intercourse between two persons of the opposite sex, where one is or both are unmarried
- Bible sexual immorality in general, esp adultery
Other 51Թ Forms
- ڴǰ·Ծ··ٴ· [fawr, -ni-k, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fornication1
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Example Sentences
Khawar Maneka - a civil servant and son of a well-known politician - filed a complaint alleging "fraudulent marriage and fornication" in November, according to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper.
The last in-depth study of the commonality of "fornication" — the loaded term for people who have sex outside of marriage — only documented behavior through 2003.
Alito expects women to stoically undergo forced childbirth as penance for the sin of fornication, but when asked to be a little less greedy, he reacts like he just got framed for murder.
One section of the school's website said "the Scripture forbids any form of sexual immorality including adultery, fornication, homosexuality".
"It means to rule out pornography and polygamy and fornication and adultery and homosexuality."
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