Fornicator
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
"Know yee not that the vnrighteous ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abuſers of themſelues with mankinde, Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor reuilers, nor extortioners, ſhall inherit the kingdom of God."
- 2 someone who commits adultery or fornication wordnet
Example
More examples"Know yee not that the vnrighteous ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abuſers of themſelues with mankinde, Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor reuilers, nor extortioners, ſhall inherit the kingdom of God."
Etymology
From Middle English fornicatour, from Medieval Latin fornicātor.
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