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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-duhl-tuh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈdʌl tə ri |
Definition of adultery
Origin :- "voluntary violation of the marriage bed," c.1300, avoutrie, from Old French avouterie (12c.), noun of condition from avoutre, from Latin adulterare "to corrupt" (see adulteration). Modern spelling, with the re-inserted -d-, is from early 15c. (see ad-).
- In Middle English, also "sex between husband and wife for recreational purposes; idolatry, perversion, heresy." Classified as single adultery (with an unmarried person) and double adultery (with a married person). Old English word was æwbryce "breach of law(ful marriage)" (cf. German Ehebruch). Adultery Dune in Arizona corresponds to Navajo sei adilehe "adultery sand," where illicit lovers met privately.
- noun extramarital affair
- She told me once that it was better to talk about adultery than to commit it!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- If there are children by this adultery, he will provide for them.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- She often seeks divorce, even when adultery has not taken place.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Like the women in the sack of Ismail, they sit them down and watch for the adultery to begin.
- Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller
- The party which has been found guilty of adultery is not allowed to marry the partner in guilt.
- Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
- Adultery does not of itself entail the dissolution of marriage.
- Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
- Adultery is not punishable by the law, nor is it a ground for divorce.
- Extract from : « An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa » by Abd Salam Shabeeny
- Fines for adultery and fornication belong to the king, not to the bishop.
- Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
- One of those grounds, perhaps the chief one, would be adultery.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- There is a chapter on Adultery—and who ever did more than flirt with his neighbour's wife?
- Extract from : « The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 » by Sebastian Brandt
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