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Antonyms for venery

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ven-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛn ə ri

Definition of venery

Origin :
  • "pursuit of sexual pleasure," late 15c., from Medieval Latin veneria "sexual intercourse," from Latin venus (genitive veneris) "sexual love, sexual desire" (see Venus). In earlier use it may have been felt as a play on now obsolete homonym venery "practice or sport of hunting, the chase" (early 14c.), from Old French venerie, from Latin venari "to hunt" (see venison).
  • As in hunting : noun the chase
  • As in chase : noun pursuit
Example sentences :
  • This conduct of venery is an ideal that is only approximated.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Aboard her Longaveile, she's thine own, To me the fooling of this fool is venery.
  • Extract from : « Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) » by Francis Beaumont
  • Fifthly, By the too frequent reiteration of the act of venery.
  • Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
  • The hotter the Climate, the stronger are the Inclinations to Venery.
  • Extract from : « Tractus de Hermaphrodites » by Giles Jacob
  • He was, in the full force of the term, what is called in venery a knowing dog.
  • Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo
  • It was with him as when a hunter has hunted a fox after the approved laws of venery.
  • Extract from : « John Caldigate » by Anthony Trollope
  • The King held a high Court, and bade his great vassals and barons, and all the lords of his venery to the feast.
  • Extract from : « French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France » by Marie de France
  • The walls, wainscoted in dark walnut wood, were adorned with grotesque carvings of hunting scenes and instruments of venery.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • The noble art of Venery is a fine term to describe the butcher's business.
  • Extract from : « From the Easy Chair, series 3 » by George William Curtis
  • Beasts of forest are hart and hind (red deer), boar, wolf and all beasts of venery.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 » by Various

Synonyms for venery

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