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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
whoredom
    n 1: offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: prostitution,
         harlotry, whoredom]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whoredom \Whore"dom\, n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h?rd?mr.]
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   1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex;
      fornication; lewdness.
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   2. (Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
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            O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is
            defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God.
                                                  --Hos. v. 3,
                                                  4.
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