Synonyms for fornication

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fawr-ni-key-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌfɔr nɪˈkeɪ ʃən

Définition of fornication

Origin : c.1300, from Old French fornicacion (12c.), from Late Latin fornicationem (nominative fornicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of fornicari "fornicate," from Latin fornix (genitive fornicis) "brothel" (Juvenal, Horace), originally "arch, vaulted chamber" (Roman prostitutes commonly solicited from under the arches of certain buildings), from fornus "oven of arched or domed shape." Strictly, "voluntary sex between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman;" extended in the Bible to adultery.

noun sexual intercourse

Example sentences :

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

If ye touch at the islands, Mr. Flask, beware of fornication.
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

The crimes of fornication and adultery are very severely punished.
Extract from : « Modern Persia » by Mooshie G. Daniel

Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Extract from : « God's Plan with Men » by T. T. (Thomas Theodore) Martin

And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation » by William Milligan

And also, if any man or woman be taken in adultery or fornication, anon they slay them.
Extract from : « Early Travels in Palestine » by Arculf et al.

The world is full of adultery, intrigues, fornication, and abominations.
Extract from : « The Government of God » by John Taylor

Fornication also was made punishable by an addition of time.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923 » by Various

Fornication is fornication, and were it not for the 'sin' we wouldn't be sitting here.
Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker

We see often the sin of fornication, but we see not the hidden repentance.
Extract from : « The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16) » by Sabine Baring-Gould

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