Sodomitry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of sodomy. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Peter Lays bastard son to Pope Paule the third, was one that practised many horrible villanies, robberies, murders, adulteries, incest, and Sodomitries, thinking that because his father was Pope therefore no wickednesse was vnlawfull for him to commit."

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sodomy

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"Peter Lays bastard son to Pope Paule the third, was one that practised many horrible villanies, robberies, murders, adulteries, incest, and Sodomitries, thinking that because his father was Pope therefore no wickednesse was vnlawfull for him to commit."

Etymology

From sodomite + -ry.

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