Brothelry
//ˈbɹɒθəlɹi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Prostitution, especially in brothels. uncountable
"Peter did not thus teach at Rome: Paul did not so live at Rome: they did not practise brothelry, which these do openly: they made not a yearly revenue and profit of harlots: they suffered no common adulterers and wicked murderers to go unpunished."
Example
More examples"Peter did not thus teach at Rome: Paul did not so live at Rome: they did not practise brothelry, which these do openly: they made not a yearly revenue and profit of harlots: they suffered no common adulterers and wicked murderers to go unpunished."
Etymology
From brothel + -ry.
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